Volume 10, Number 10—October 2004
Dispatch
Fatal Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis, Italy
Figure 1

Figure 1. A) Computed tomographic scan: note the right fronto-basal collection (arrow) with a midline shift right to left. B) Brain histology: three large clusters of amebic vegetative forms are seen (H-E stain, x 250). Inset: Positive indirect immunofluorescent analysis on tissue section with anti– Naegleria fowleri serum.