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NEUROLOGY 1985;35:1487
© 1985 American Academy of Neurology

Respiratory epithelial cells masquerading as agents of primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Distinguishing features

Larry E. Davis, MD, Govinda S. Visvesvara, PhD, David L. McLaren, MD, Robert Randell, MD, Cecelia C. Fenoglio, MD, Leroy C. McLaren, PhD, Malcolm Purdy, MD, Viraf Cooper, MD and George R. Healy, PhD

From the Neurology (Drs. Davis and D. McLaren). Pathology (Drs. Randell and Fenoglio), Medical (Dr. Purdy), and Surgery (Dr. Cooper) Services. Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the Department of Microbiology (Dr. L. McLaren). University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM: and the Protozoal Diseases Branch (Drs. Visvesvara and Healy), Division of Parasitic Diseases. Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control. Atlanta, GA.

CSF does not normally contain motile cells within flagella or cilia. When motile cells are seen in the CSF, they may be incorrectly assumed to be amebae. We studied a patient with a traumatic mucocele, in whom motile ciliated respiratory epithelial cells were seen in the CSF and within a frontal lobe brain abscess.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Davis, Veterans Administration Medical Center (127), 2100 Ridgecrest Drive, SE. Albuquerque, NM 87108.

This study was supported by the Research Service, Veterans Administration.

Accepted for publication January 24, 1985.




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