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PRO/EDR> Amebic meningoencephalitis, primary – Pakistan (04): (PB)
Free Living Amoeba -- PakistanThe 1st _Naegleria fowleri_ patient has died at Services Hospital, Punjab Health Department officials confirmed yesterday [2 Nov 2015].The patient, 28 years old, worked in a private firm, was admitted with fever, headache, and vomiting at the Services Hospital on 21 Oct 2015. On 22 Oct 2015, he became unconscious and was declared in comma [coma].His CSF sample was examined locally and also sent to Agha Khan University [AKU] hospital in Karachi for naegleria microscopy Read more [...]
