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We report an 8 monthold infant with primary amebicmeningoencephalitis PAME due to Naegleria fowleriThe child was treated with amphotericin Bchloramphenicol and rifampicin for 3 weeks PAME is ant. .. Discovery of New Drug Leads for Rare Parasitic Diseases. Amebiasis. − a global but “neglected disease” . caused by . Entamoeba. . histolytica. . 70,000 . deaths each . year. 480 million at risk. Version 04/2009 CONTENT : VERSION DATE : Investigation Protocol: Investigation Guideline 04/2009 Supporting Materials found in attachments: Fact Sheets 04/2009 Revision History: Date Replaced Co headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, extreme tiredness, and fever. . The patient had been taking prednisone for a relapse of chronic ulcerative colitis. . On examination, the physician noted that the patient had . Shahid. . Beheshti. University of Medical science. Amebiasis. Definition. Amebiasis. is infection with the parasitic intestinal protozoan . Entamoeba. . histolytica. . (the "tissue-. lysing. ameba. Gatot Sugiharto, MD, Internist. Internal Medicine Department. Faculty of Medicine, Wijaya Kusuma University Surabaya. GSH - Tropmed - 2010. 1. HIV / AIDS . (con’t). Gatot Sugiharto, MD, Internist. Internal Medicine Department. : Non pathogenic; anatomically indistinguishable from . E. histolytica.. Entamoeba coli. Trophozoite Cyst Nucleus . Entamoeba coli. Life cycle and location identical to . Amebic colitis is caused by the protozoan parasite . Cases of fulminant amebic colitis are rare, and among them, non-fatal cases are rarer due to the associated high mortality rate. The disease res