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. 2015 Apr-Jun;6(2):284-6.
doi: 10.4103/0976-3147.153244.

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

Gentle Sunder Shrestha  1 , Narayan Prasad Parajuli  2 , Pramesh Sunder Shrestha  1 , Subhash Prasad Acharya  1 , Rabin Hamal  3 , Bikram Gajurel  4 , Kishor Khanal  1 , Moda Nath Marhatta  1
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

Gentle Sunder Shrestha et al. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2015 Apr-Jun.
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Figure 1
Trophozoite of Naegleria fowleri seen during direct microscopy (indicated by arrow)
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