Naegleria fowleri trophozoite

Naegleria fowleri trophozoite

Naegleria fowleri trophozoites (arrows) with neutrophilic exudate; Wright's Giemsa-stained cytospin preparation of cerebrospinal fluid, day of presentation, x50.

From: Mackowiak PA. Ten-Year-Old With Fever, Headache, and Neck Stiffness. Clin Infect Dis 2012; 55:1677. By permission of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Copyright © 2013 Oxford University Press.

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