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Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd 2011; 30 (3)

Demonstration of flagellum ameba Naegleria fowleri as etiological agent of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in Santiago de Cuba

Sierra CL

Language: Spanish
References: 25
Page: 318-331
PDF size: 223.97 Kb.


ABSTRACT

During the last years it has been demonstrated that the flagellae-carring ameba Naegleria fowleri is the aethiologic agent of the primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAME), in Cuba the suspicion of its presence has been mentioned in a Cefalo Raquideal Fluid (CRF) of an ameba whose locomotion and circumstances suggested that it could be this organism. The present work carries out the analysis in fresh CRF samples and after culture, performing the Flagelation Test of the 64 CRF that presented the characteristics of transparency and negativity to bacterial culture ,needed to suspicion of this flagellae-carring ameba, leaving of an starting sample of 1488 CRF.From this analysed sample of CRF only two were positive to the observation of amebas what allowed to tint them with Giemsa and also with Lugol, to demonstrate their flagelation capacity and their resistance to TMT in the corresponding test. The citochemical characteristics of the liquids agreed with that outlined in the literature for this organisms,and one of the patients survived, the other one died. The patogenicity of the isolated flagellae-carring amebas was proven in the animal model of Swiss albino mouse and both isolated strains were observed by the electronic microscope. This results are the basis for considering the present report the first one confirming N.Fowleri as aetiologic agent in two cases of PAME in Cuba.


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