Friday, 2 December 2016

PRO/EDR> Amebic meningoencephalitis, primary - Pakistan (02): (SD) fatal

Amoeba -- Pakistan
The 3rd victim of _Naegleria fowleri_ this year [2016] was 5 months pregnant; her husband says she had visited a water park a few days ago.
A woman died of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), the infection caused by the "brain-eating amoeba" _N. fowleri_, at a private hospital on late Monday night [28 Nov 2016], health officials said on [Tue 29 Nov 2016].
A 33-year old pregnant woman, who lived in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, was admitted to the Liaquat National Hospital [Karachi, Sindh]

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