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ACS Chem Neurosci 2019 Apr 24. Epub 2019 Apr 24.

Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Technology , Sunway University , Subang Jaya 47500 , Selangor Malaysia.

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a deadly brain infection, is caused by brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. The current first line of treatment against PAM is a mixture of amphotericin B, rifampin, and miltefosine. Since, no single effective drug has been developed so far, the mortality rate is above 95%. Read More

Infect Disord Drug Targets 2019 Apr 5. Epub 2019 Apr 5.

. Pakistan.

Encephalitis caused by Free-living amoebae (FLA) has a mortality rate of around 95-98%, a fraction that has not changed in the past decades. Pathogenic FLA include Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri that are known to target the brain after an extra cerebral infection in the case of Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia mandrillaris, or directly the brain, as in the case of the Naegleria fowleri. The Acanthamoeba spp. Read More

Rural Remote Health 2019 Apr 9;19(2):4313. Epub 2019 Apr 9.

Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Boulevard, Southport, Gold Coast, QLD 4215, Australia

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis is an extremely rare, predominantly fulminant central nervous system infection caused by the amoeba Naegleria fowleri, first described in Australia in 1965. Despite the ubiquitous presence of N. fowleri, as few as 300 cases of infection have since been reported worldwide, with a case fatality rate approaching 98%. Read More

Clin Transplant 2019 Mar 21:e13546. Epub 2019 Mar 21.

Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.

These updated guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice of the American Society of Transplantation review the diagnosis, prevention and management of tissue and blood protozoal infections in the pre- and post-transplant period. Significant new developments in the field have made it necessary to divide the previous single guideline published in 2013 into two sections, with the intestinal parasites separated from this guideline devoted to tissue and blood protozoa. The current update reflects the increased focus on donor screening and risk-based recipient monitoring for parasitic infections. Read More

Mini Rev Med Chem 2019 Mar 13. Epub 2019 Mar 13.

Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Subang Jaya 47500, Selangor. Malaysia.

Pathogenic free-living amoeba are known to cause devastating infection of the central nervous system and are often referred to as "brain-eating amoebae". The mortality rate of more than 90% and free-living nature of these amoebae is a cause for concern. It is distressing that the mortality rate has remained the same over the past few decades highlighting lack of interest by the pharmaceutical industry. Read More

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2019 Feb 19. Epub 2019 Feb 19.

Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634

Infection with the free-living amoeba leads to life-threatening primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Efficacious treatment options for these infections are limited and the mortality rate is very high (∼98%). Parasite metabolism may provide suitable targets for therapeutic design. Read More

J Eukaryot Microbiol 2019 Feb 13. Epub 2019 Feb 13.

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 23219.

Naegleria fowleri, a free-living amoeba found in soil and freshwater environments, is the causative agent of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis. Infection occurs when amoebae enter the nasal cavity, attach to the nasal mucosa and travel along olfactory neurons towards the olfactory bulb. Upon reaching the central nervous system, the amoebae replicate very rapidly and can cause death in 3-10 days. Read More

Parasite Immunol 2019 Feb 9;41(2):e12610. Epub 2019 Jan 9.

Laboratorio de Inmunobiología Molecular y Celular, Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México City, México.

Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is able to infect humans through the nasal mucosa causing a disease in the central nervous system known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) play a critical role in the early phase of N fowleri infection. Recently, a new biological defence mechanism called neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) has been attracting attention. Read More

Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018 12 3;15(12). Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Egaleo, Greece.

A growing number of people undertake international travel, and yet faster growth of such travel is expected in the tropics. Information on the hazards presented by pool and hot spring waters in tropical countries is very limited. This review aims to collate available information on pool water quality, alongside data on cases and outbreaks associated with swimming in pools in tropical regions affecting both local populations and travellers. Read More

Iran J Parasitol 2018 Jul-Sep;13(3):369-372

Dept. of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Background: The main aim of the present research was to develop the experimental meningo encephalitis due to isolated from geothermal water sources in mice model, November 2017 in Iran.

Methods: was isolated from geothermal water sources in northern Iran. The number of amoebae was adjusted to be 1×10/ml amoebae. Read More

Mar Drugs 2018 Oct 10;16(10). Epub 2018 Oct 10.

Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.

There is an acute need for new and effective agents to treat infectious diseases. We conducted a screening program to assess the potential of mangrove-derived endophytic fungi as a source of new antibiotics. Fungi cultured in the presence and absence of small molecule epigenetic modulators were screened against and the ESKAPE panel of bacterial pathogens, as well as two eukaryotic infective agents, and . Read More

PLoS Pathog 2018 09 13;14(9):e1007245. Epub 2018 Sep 13.

Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.

Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba that can also act as an opportunistic pathogen causing severe brain infection, primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), in humans. The high mortality rate of PAM (exceeding 97%) is attributed to (i) delayed diagnosis, (ii) lack of safe and effective anti-N. fowleri drugs, and (iii) difficulty of delivering drugs to the brain. Read More

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018 Jun 29;67(25):701-706. Epub 2018 Jun 29.

Outbreaks associated with untreated recreational water can be caused by pathogens, toxins, or chemicals in fresh water (e.g., lakes, rivers) or marine water (e. Read More

Int J Infect Dis 2018 Jul 8;72:28-33. Epub 2018 May 8.

Department of Communicable Diseases of Control and Prevention, Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address:

Naegleria fowleri is the only Naegleria spp. known to cause an acute, fulminant, and rapidly fatal central nervous system infection in humans called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). In 2016, a patient with suspected PAM was found in Zhejiang Province of China. Read More

Oxf Med Case Reports 2018 May 3;2018(5):omy010. Epub 2018 May 3.

Department of Medicine, National Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Medicine, Pashupati Sadak, Kathmandu-9, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare, fulminating, hemorrhagic infection of the brain caused by , a thermophilic, free-living amoeba. A 74-year male presented with sudden severe global headache and fever with features of anomic aphasia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggested herpes encephalitis and acyclovir (IV) was started but the patient developed altered sensorium, agitation and progressive weakness of lower limbs with gradual truncal weakness. Read More

J Eukaryot Microbiol 2018 Nov 25;65(6):934-939. Epub 2018 May 25.

Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 10461.

The 14th International Workshops on Opportunistic Protists (IWOP-14) was held August 10-12, 2017 in Cincinnati, OH, USA. The IWOP meetings focus on opportunistic protists (OIs); for example, free-living amoebae, Pneumocystis spp., Cryptosporidium spp. Read More

Curr Drug Targets 2019 ;20(1):60-69

Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan.

Despite advances in drug discovery and modifications in the chemotherapeutic regimens, human infections caused by free-living amoebae (FLA) have high mortality rates (~95%). The FLA that cause fatal human cerebral infections include Naegleria fowleri, Balamuthia mandrillaris and Acanthamoeba spp. Novel drug-target discovery remains the only viable option to tackle these central nervous system (CNS) infection in order to lower the mortality rates caused by the FLA. Read More

J Eukaryot Microbiol 2018 Nov 25;65(6):804-819. Epub 2018 Apr 25.

Department of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Av. IPN 2508, Mexico City, 07360, Mexico.

Naegleria fowleri causes a fatal disease known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. This condition is characterized by an acute inflammation that originates from the free passage of peripheral blood cells to the central nervous system through the alteration of the blood-brain barrier. In this work, we established models of the infection in rats and in a primary culture of endothelial cells from rat brains with the aim of evaluating the activation and the alterations of these cells by N. Read More

Front Microbiol 2018 6;9:414. Epub 2018 Mar 6.

Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a fatal infection caused by the free-living ameba , popularly known as the "brain-eating ameba." The drugs of choice in treating PAM are the antifungal amphotericin B and an antileishmanial miltefosine, but these are not FDA-approved for this indication and use of amphotericin B is associated with severe adverse effects. Moreover, very few patients treated with the combination therapy have survived PAM. Read More

Exp Parasitol 2018 May 15;188:36-41. Epub 2018 Mar 15.

Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC0755, La Jolla, CA 92093-0755, USA. Electronic address:

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rapidly fatal infection caused by the free-living ameba Naegleria fowleri. PAM occurs principally in healthy children of less than 13 years old with a history of recent exposure to warm fresh water. While as yet not a reportable disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) documents a total of 143 cases in the United States. Read More

Exp Parasitol 2018 Apr 1;187:1-11. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 369, 13560-590, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil. Electronic address:

Naegleria fowleri is a pathogenic amoeboflagellate most prominently known for its role as the etiological agent of the Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a disease that afflicts the central nervous system and is fatal in more than 95% of the reported cases. Although being fatal and with potential risks for an increase in the occurrence of the pathogen in populated areas, the organism receives little public health attention. A great underestimation in the number of PAM cases reported is assumed, taking into account the difficulty in obtaining an accurate diagnosis. Read More

Ann Parasitol 2017;63(4):243–253

Department of Diagnostics and Treatment of Parasitic Diseases and Mycoses, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Pomorska 251 (C5), 92-213 Lodz, Poland

Parasitic diseases of the central nervous system are associated with high mortality and morbidity. Many human parasites, such as Toxoplasma gondii, Entamoeba histolytica, Trypanosoma cruzi, Taenia solium, Echinococcus spp., Toxocara canis, T. Read More

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017 12 28;11(12):e0006104. Epub 2017 Dec 28.

Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.

Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) is caused by Naegleria fowleri, a free-living amoeba that occasionally infects humans. While considered "rare" (but likely underreported) the high mortality rate and lack of established success in treatment makes PAM a particularly devastating infection. In the absence of economic inducements to invest in development of anti-PAM drugs by the pharmaceutical industry, anti-PAM drug discovery largely relies on drug 'repurposing'-a cost effective strategy to apply known drugs for treatment of rare or neglected diseases. Read More

ACS Chem Neurosci 2017 12 5;8(12):2626-2630. Epub 2017 Dec 5.

Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University , Bandar Sunway 47500, Malaysia.

The overall aim of this study was to determine whether conjugation with silver nanoparticles enhances effects of available drugs against primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri. Amphotericin B, Nystatin, and Fluconazole were conjugated with silver nanoparticles, and synthesis was confirmed using UV-visible spectrophotometry. Atomic force microscopy determined their size in range of 20-100 nm. Read More

Parasitol Res 2018 Jan 11;117(1):75-87. Epub 2017 Nov 11.

Department of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Av. IPN 2508, 07360, Mexico City, Mexico.

Naegleria fowleri is a protozoan that invades the central nervous system and causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. It has been reported that N. fowleri induces an important inflammatory response during the infection. Read More

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017 Nov 10;97(5):1600-1602. Epub 2017 Oct 10.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) which is almost always fatal. is waterborne, and its infections are usually associated with aquatic activities but it can also be transmitted via the domestic water supply. An increasing number of cases have been reported from Pakistan. Read More

ACS Chem Neurosci 2017 11 21;8(11):2355. Epub 2017 Sep 21.

Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University , Selangor, 47500, Malaysia.

Brain-eating amoebae (Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri) can cause opportunistic infections involving the central nervous system. It is troubling that the mortality rate is more than 90% despite advances in antimicrobial chemotherapy over the last few decades. Read More

BMC Infect Dis 2017 08 1;17(1):532. Epub 2017 Aug 1.

Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University Teaching Hospital and University of Zambia- School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia.

Background: Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a fulminant disease of the brain caused by Naegleria fowleri. Although the disease is rare, the case fatality rate is very high. In this report, we describe the first case of PAM in Zambia. Read More

J Clin Microbiol 2017 07 12;55(7):1989-1997. Epub 2017 Apr 12.

Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.

spp. and are causative agents of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), while causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). PAM is an acute infection that lasts a few days, while GAE is a chronic to subacute infection that can last up to several months. Read More

Pediatr Neurol 2017 05 22;70:75-79. Epub 2017 Feb 22.

Department of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Background: Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is a rare, almost uniformly fatal disease of cerebral invasion by Naegleria fowleri, occurring most commonly after swimming in warm fresh water in summer months. Treatment using the experimental medication miltefosine demonstrated improved survival and favorable neurocognitive outcome in a 2013 North American patient. There is little information about the electroencephalographic findings of such patients, and our understanding of factors predicting survival is limited. Read More

JMM Case Rep 2016 Jun 25;3(3):e005042. Epub 2016 Jun 25.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital - Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway.

Introduction: Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare disease caused by the free-living amoeba . Infection occurs by insufflation of water containing amoebae into the nasal cavity, and is usually associated with bathing in freshwater. Nasal irrigation is a more rarely reported route of infection. Read More

Environ Sci Technol 2017 04 29;51(8):4210-4219. Epub 2017 Mar 29.

Department of Chemistry, Washington State University , P.O. Box 644630, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States.

Despite comparatively low levels of infection, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) induced by Naegleria fowleri is extremely lethal, with mortality rates above 95%. As a thermophile, this organism is often found in moderate-to-warm climates and has the potential to colonize drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs). Current detection approaches require days to obtain results, whereas swift corrective action can maximize the benefit of public health. Read More

ACS Chem Neurosci 2017 04 22;8(4):687-688. Epub 2017 Feb 22.

Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sunway University , Selangor, 47500, Malaysia.

Brain infections due to Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri often lead to death. Despite differences in the preferential sites of infection in the brain, the mode of delivery of drugs is often intravenous. Read More

PLoS One 2017 17;12(2):e0169448. Epub 2017 Feb 17.

Department of Parasitology (Southeast Asia Water Team), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Data on the distribution of free-living amoebae is still lacking especially in Southeast Asian region. The aquatic environment revealed a high occurrence of free-living amoebae (FLA) due to its suitable condition and availability of food source, which subsequently causes infection to humans. A total of 94 water samples consisted of both treated and untreated from Laos (31), Myanmar (42), and Singapore (21) were investigated for the presence of pathogenic FLA. Read More

Travel Med Infect Dis 2017 Mar - Apr;16:49-51. Epub 2016 Dec 22.

Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine, RWTH Aachen Technical University, Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany.

Naegleria fowleri is a deadly human pathogen recognized as the causative agent of Primary Amoebic Meningitis (PAM). N. fowleri is commonly found in warm freshwater environments such as natural or man-made lakes, hot springs, and resort spas frequented by tourists. Read More

Acta Trop 2016 Dec 9;164:375-394. Epub 2016 Sep 9.

Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address:

Naegleria fowleri is a protist pathogen that can cause lethal brain infection. Despite decades of research, the mortality rate related with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis owing to N. fowleri remains more than 90%. Read More

Parasitol Res 2017 Jan 12;116(1):155-165. Epub 2016 Oct 12.

Water and Health Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 17011, Doornfontein, 2028, South Africa.

Pathogenic free-living amoebae (FLA), such as Naegleria fowleri, Balamuthia mandrillaris and Acanthamoeba species isolated from aquatic environments have been implicated in central nervous system, eye and skin human infections. They also allow the survival, growth and transmission of bacteria such as Legionella, Mycobacteria and Vibrio species in water systems. The purpose of this study was to investigate the co-occurrence of potentially pathogenic FLA and their associated bacteria in hospital water networks in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read More

Emerg Infect Dis 2016 10;22(10):1835-7

Curr Infect Dis Rep 2016 Sep;18(10):31

Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS C-09, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a devastating infection of the brain caused by the thermophilic free-living ameba, Naegleria fowleri. Infection can occur when water containing the ameba enters the body through the nose, usually during recreational water activities such as swimming or diving. Historically, in the USA, cases were mostly reported from the warmer southern-tier states. Read More

J Eukaryot Microbiol 2017 03 23;64(2):183-192. Epub 2016 Aug 23.

Department of Microbiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, 16499, Korea.

Naegleria fowleri, a free-living amoeba that is found in diverse environmental habitats, can cause a type of fulminating hemorrhagic meningoencephalitis, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), in humans. The pathogenesis of PAM is not fully understood, but it is likely to be primarily caused by disruption of the host's nervous system via a direct phagocytic mechanism by the amoeba. Naegleria fowleri trophozoites are known to secrete diverse proteins that may indirectly contribute to the pathogenic function of the amoeba, but this factor is not clearly understood. Read More

ACS Chem Neurosci 2016 08 22;7(8):1026-9. Epub 2016 Jul 22.

Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University , Karachi 74800, Pakistan.

Naegleria fowleri causes one of the most devastating necrotic meningoencephalitis in humans. The infection caused by this free-living amoeba is universally fatal within a week of onset of the signs and symptoms of the disease called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). In all the affected patients, there is always a history of entry of water into the nose. Read More

J Med Microbiol 2016 Sep 4;65(9):885-896. Epub 2016 Jul 4.

1​ Department of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Av. IPN 2508, Mexico City 07360, Mexico.

It has been 50 years since the first case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), an acute and rapidly fatal disease of the central nervous system (CNS), was reported in Australia. It is now known that the aetiological agent of PAM is Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that is commonly known as 'the brain-eating amoeba'. N. Read More

Microbiol Spectr 2015 12;3(6)

Global Infectious Disease Services, PC, Sioux City, IA 51104.

This chapter is unique in its focus on infections that are acquired in water. For those who like to swim and spend time in water parks and pools, the exposure to water and therefore the risk of infection is higher. Recreational water illnesses are illnesses related to recreation in water. Read More

Infect Immun 2016 09 19;84(9):2422-8. Epub 2016 Aug 19.

Department of Microbiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Naegleria fowleri, known as the brain-eating amoeba, causes acute primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. During swimming and other recreational water activities, N. fowleri trophozoites penetrate the nasal mucosa and invade the olfactory bulbs, resulting in intense inflammatory reactions in the forebrain tissue. Read More

Parasite Immunol 2016 Aug 13;38(8):481-95. Epub 2016 Jun 13.

Laboratorio de Inmunobiología Molecular y Celular, Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico.

Naegleria fowleri infects humans through the nasal mucosa causing a disease in the central nervous system known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) play a critical role in the early phase of N. fowleri infection. Read More

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016 Apr 29;65(16):424. Epub 2016 Apr 29.

On June 17, 2015, a previously healthy woman aged 21 years went to an emergency department after onset of headache, nausea, and vomiting during the preceding 24 hours. Upon evaluation, she was vomiting profusely and had photophobia and nuchal rigidity. Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid was consistent with meningitis. Read More

Epidemiol Infect 2016 08 18;144(11):2456-61. Epub 2016 Apr 18.

Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology,Faculty of Medicine,Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran.

Balamuthia mandrillaris is an opportunistic free-living amoeba that has been reported to cause cutaneous lesions and Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis. The biology and environmental distribution of B. mandrillaris is still poorly understood and isolation of this pathogen from the environment is a rare event. Read More

Scientifica (Cairo) 2016 15;2016:2498283. Epub 2016 Feb 15.

Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi, Sindh 75270, Pakistan.

A cross-sectional study was conducted from April to August 2015 to assess the knowledge of pharmacy students towards Naegleria fowleri infection. A questionnaire was distributed to senior pharmacy students in different private and public sector universities of Karachi. Descriptive statistics were used to demonstrate students' demographic information and their responses to the questionnaire. Read More

Parasite 2016 15;23:11. Epub 2016 Mar 15.

Université de Lyon, UMR 5240, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France.

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a fatal infection in most cases, caused by the amoeba flagellate Naegleria fowleri. This report describes the first cases of PAM in Algeria, in a cow and a ewe from Batna, north-eastern Algeria. The death of both ruminants occurred a week after the first clinical manifestations. Read More

Parasitol Res 2016 May 11;115(5):2111-4. Epub 2016 Mar 11.

Laboratory of Medical Parasitology, Central Institute of the Bundeswehr Medical Service, Koblenz, Andernacherstrasse 100, 56070, Koblenz, Germany.

Acanthamoeba spp. are frequently the etiological agents of a severe form of sight-threatening keratitis, called Acanthamoeba keratitis. The contact lens storage solution of a patient with keratitis of unknown genesis was screened using our diagnostic tools to detect potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae (FLA). Read More