自由生活的阿米巴引起的脑膜脑炎,在许多地区有所发现,从1965年以来,已有60多例报告。在这些病例中,大多数是纳氏属阿米巴(Naegleria)引起的,仅5例是哈氏属阿米巴(Hartmannella)或棘阿米巴属(Acanthamoeba)引起的。在非洲仅1970年有1可疑病例的报告。本文报告了赞比亚卢萨卡大学医院收治的非洲第1例哈氏属阿米巴引起的原发性脑膜脑炎。患者为一种菜农民,男性,于1972年9月入院。病人主诉入 Meningeal encephalitis caused by free-living amoeba has been found in many areas and more than 60 cases have been reported since 1965. Of these cases, most were caused by Naegleria and only 5 were caused by Hartmannella or Acanthamoeba. Only one report of 1 suspicious cases occurred in Africa in 1970. This article reports the first case of primary meningoencephalitis caused by Hamiamycin in Africa, admitted to the University of Lusaka University Hospital in Zambia. The patient was a vegetable farmer, male, admitted to hospital in September 1972. The patient’s main complaint into