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A 7-Year-Old Girl Was at Summer Camp and Dove into the Lake

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A 7-year-old girl was at summer camp and dove into the lake many times.She complained that water went up her nose a few times.Several days later she is unresponsive and comatose and rushed to the hospital.A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimen is drawn,and several motile amebae are observed.She is most likely suffering from an infection with which of the following parasites?


A) Plasmodium vivax
B) Naegleria fowleri
C) Ascaris lumbricoides
D) Hymenolepis nana

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