NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living soil ameba that was first reported in 1990 to cause amebic meningoencephalitis in both baboons and humans. B.mandrillaris amoebic...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a Images in Clinical Medicine published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, Emory University researchers describe a case of Granulomatous Amebic...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report from earlier this month, the 15-year-old teen who contracted the parasite, Naegleria fowleri, from the thermal springs of Guayabo de Bagaces...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Karachi, Pakistan reported 16 Naegleria fowleri infections/deaths (primary amoebic meningoencephalitis [PAM]) in 2019. In fact, more cases of N....

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Local Pakistani media are reporting the 16th fatality this year due to the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri in Karachi. The victim is a 28-year-old man from...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Mexicali State Health Department (MSHD) are reporting the death of a 15-year-old boy from San Luis Rio Colorado Sonora this week who had contracted...

The University of Michigan health blog recently reported on a Acanthamoeba case in a Lansing , Michigan woman. She was initially diagnosed as having pink eye; however, things got worse and after going...

Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living ameba that causes rare, nearly always fatal disease in humans and animals worldwide. B. mandrillaris has been isolated from soil, dust, and water. Initial entry...

The Study The city of Karachi, Pakistan has seen large numbers of Naegleria fowleri deaths in recent years, particularly in people with no history of aquatic recreational activities like swimming, etc. A...

Amoebae, single-celled organisms common in soil, water and grade-school science classrooms, may play a key role in the survival and spread of deadly plague bacteria. New Colorado State University research...