Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitis in an Immunocompetent Patient:...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......2 distinct clinical entities: primary amebic meningoencephalitis and granulomatous amebic encephalitis.1 Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is produced...death 3 to 7 days after exposure. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis usually affects...

CONFIRMATORY TESTS SHOW PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS CAUSED LUBBOCK...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2007 ;     100 words ......following news release: The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) today confirmed that a Lubbock County man died from primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, after participating in a recreational water activity in Lake LBJ in August. DSHS made the determination...

BETTER TESTS OF DONATED ORGANS SOUGHT.(L.A. LIFE)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  April 17, 1997 ;     194 words ......rare but fatal infection, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say. The disease is called ``primary amebic meningoencephalitis,'' and it is caused by a one-celled organism that commonly makes its home in freshwater lakes, particularly...

DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AWAITS MORE TEST RESULTS IN POSSIBLE...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 7, 2007 ;     276 words ......this does not mean they are disputing the findings of Lubbock authorities who announced earlier today that the man died of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). PAM is caused by amebas that are commonplace in almost all lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks and other...

STATE OFFICIALS CONFIRM AMEBA INFECTION CAUSE OF DEATH FOR MAN AFTER...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 7, 2007 ;     568 words ......Medical Examiner on Friday confirmed primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) was the cause...water and soap. For more information on primary amebic meningoencephalitis and additional...at www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/primary_amebic_meningoencephalitis/faqs. For questions...

Appearance alone is poor melanoma tip-off.(Clinical Rounds)

Skin & Allergy News;  June 1, 2006 ;     216 words ...SAN FRANCISCO -- Pigmented lesions revealed few clues as to their true histologic identities in a 5-year retrospective study, Dr. Roland M. Strauss said in a poster presentation...

Is It melanoma? Pigmented lesions give few clues.(Dermatology)(Brief...

Internal Medicine News;  September 1, 2006 ;     206 words ...SAN FRANCISCO -- Pigmented lesions revealed few clues as to their true histologic identities in a 5-year retrospective study, Dr. Roland M. Strauss said in a poster presentation...

Boy Dies From Fla. Lake Infection

AP Online;  July 27, 2002 ;     242 words ......rare infections while swimming in nearby lakes. A 12-year-old boy from Oviedo died at Florida Hospital-Orlando on Friday of primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection that is contracted from amoebas, a hospital spokeswoman said. The boy had inhaled...

deaths from amoeba-linked illness on rise.(N)

The Virginian Pilot;  June 1, 2008 ;     287 words ......September, said the report released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, the infection has struck 121 people in 15 Southern and Western states over the last 71 years...

News Flash

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  July 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ......rare infections while swimming in nearby lakes. A 12-year-old boy from Oviedo died at Florida Hospital-Orlando on Friday of primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection that is contracted from amoebas, a hospital spokeswoman said. The boy had inhaled...

Fla. Teen Sick With Rare Bacteria

AP Online;  July 27, 2002 ;     203 words ......hospital from a rare brain infection he caught while swimming in another group of lakes in central Florida. He contracted primary amebic meningoencephalitis after inhaling some microscopic one-celled organisms, hospital officials said. His name was not released...

Fla. Teen Survives Lake Infection

AP Online;  July 28, 2002 ;     212 words ......hospital from a rare brain infection he caught while swimming in another group of lakes in central Florida. He contracted primary amebic meningoencephalitis after inhaling some microscopic one-celled organisms, hospital officials said. His name was not released...

Fla. Lake Swimmers Hospitalized

AP Online;  July 26, 2002 ;     229 words ......officials said. A 12-year-old Oviedo boy was also being treated at Florida Hospital- Orlando. He had a rare brain infection, primary amebic meningoencephalitis, that is contracted from amoebas. He had inhaled some of the microscopic one-celled organisms while...

LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY SIGNS AND FLIERS TO EDUCATE PUBLIC ON...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 18, 2007 ;     390 words ......Highland Lakes visitors. Interest in the safety information has been heightened by the Aug. 15 death of a Lake LBJ visitor from primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). A second possible PAM-related death of another Lake LBJ visitor in late August is being investigated...

THE NATION / DAILY BRIEFING

The Boston Globe;  May 30, 2008 ;     470 words ......September, said the report released yesterday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, the infection has struck 121 people in 15 Southern states over the past 71 years, the CDC said...