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Washington University Experience | INFECTION | Protozoa | Ameba | 5A1 Amoeba, Nagleria fowleri (AANP 1968, Case 1) H&E whole mount

Whole mount of cerebellar sections (5A1) and higher magnification (5A2,3) shows leptomeningeal and parenchymal hemorrhagic encephalitis, particularly common in Naeglaria infections in which the organism is thought to gain access to the CNS through the cribriform plate.

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