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PRO/EDR> Amebic meningoencephalitis, primary – USA: (FL), survival
Amoeba -- United StatesA 16 year old boy has survived a rare brain-eating amoeba [_Naegleria fowleri_], doctors at Florida Hospital for Children in Orlando said Tue [23 Aug 2016]. "He's done tremendously well. He's walking, he's speaking, he went outside for the first time to get some fresh air -- he's ready to go home," Dr. Humberto Antonio Liriano, a critical care physician, told reporters.It's remarkable because he is only the 4th person in the United States to survive an infection from this parasite, Read more [...]
