Tag: Brain-Eating Amoeba

Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Pak Man After He Went Swimming: Report

July 13, 2024 admin

The victim was identified as Aurangzeb. (Representational) Islamabad: In a rare occurrence, a 22-year-old man died of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in Pakistan’s Karachi, taking the tally of casualties to three this year, ARY News reported. PAM is notably a disease of the central nervous system caused by Naegleria fowleri commonly called ‘brain-eating’ amoeba. The…

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Rare and fatal brain-eating amoeba infection | Explained

July 4, 2024 admin

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis infections, though rare, are fatal and 97% of the patients don’t survive. Image for representation purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: A12-year-old boy E.P. Mridul from Feroke in Kozhikode district of Kerala, who had been undergoing treatment for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) at a private hospital,…

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Kerala Boy, 12, Infected By Brain-Eating Amoeba, 3rd Case Since May

June 28, 2024 admin

The disease has a mortality rate of 95-100 per cent (Representational) Kozhikode (Kerala): A 12-year-old boy has been afflicted by amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated waters, in Kozhikode district of Kerala, according to sources in the private hospital where he is being treated. This is the…

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