Thursday, 12 July 2018

PRO/EDR> Amebic meningoencephalitis, primary - Pakistan (04): (SD) fatal

Amoeba -- Pakistan
The city's health authorities on [Wed 11 Jul 2018] confirmed that a 14-year-old boy who was admitted to a private hospital suffering from _Naegleria fowleri_, commonly known as 'brain-eating' amoeba, died on [Mon 9 Jul 2018].
Dr. Zafar Mehdi, head of the committee on Naegleria, told Dawn that 14-year-old [MN], a resident of Nazimabad No. 1, who had been brought to a private hospital and was tested positive for the lethal disease died after 3 days. He said the teenager was brought to the

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5901029&promed&0

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