Elsevier, Acta Tropica, (142), p. 86-88, 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.11.004
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In view of the devastating nature of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri and the problems associated with diagnostic delays and chemotherapeutic failures, here we propose a noninvasive diagnostic method using the ‘reverse transcribrial route device’, a novel therapeutic strategy in the management of this life-threatening infection with a case fatality rate of more than 90%. The proposed studies should stimulate interest in this emerging infection that almost always proves fatal.