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How this drug is helping Kerala improve survival against brain-eating amoeba

In Kerala, doctors are now giving miltefosine along with standard medicines like amphotericin B as soon as they suspect ...
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Brain-eating amoeba confirmed in Missouri: What to know about the dangerous organism

A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The case of ...
The Greenville News

Brain-eating amoeba update: SC patient dies from infection. Where was patient infected?

A South Carolina hospital patient died from Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, likely contracted at Lake Murray. Infection occurs when the amoeba enters the nose and travels to the brain, often ...
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Pediatric patient in South Carolina dies from brain-eating amoeba after being in Lake Murray

SAFELY BACK HOME TO SOUTH CAROLINA. END QUOTE. AND MORE BREAKING NEWS AT 11. PRISMA HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED ONE DEATH AT THE RICHLAND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN COLUMBIA FROM A BRAIN EATING AMOEBA ...

'Brain-Eating Amoeba' Kills 19 In Kerala. How It Spreads, How To Stay Safe

Kerala health authorities are on alert after a spike in cases of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a brain infection ...
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After a brain-eating amoeba killed their son swimming in a lake, parents want more warnings

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina's most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm ...