PPT-Naegleria

fowleri 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Phylum Percolozoa Class Heterolobosea Order Schizopyrenida Family Vahlkampfiidae Genus Naegleria Species N fowleri Binomial . DR. HALA ELNAHAS. PBL 4. AZFAR. FATHULLAH. FIRDAUS. REZA. NOREEN. SAFWA. BALQIS. SARAH. ANEESA. INTAN. HANIE . PATHOGENIC FREE LIVING AMOEBA. OBJECTIVES:. Types of amoeba. General characters of free living amoeba. . fowleri. & . Acanthamoeba. Ashley . Skellie. & Karissa Jensen. Naegleria. . fowleri. Background. Single-celled amoeba. 30+ . Naegleria. species. Discovered in Australia. Infections are rare. .. 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. September 27, 2012. Outreach and Education Subcommittee . Progress Report 2. Highlights. Dr. Kelly Reynolds – Associate Professor UA College . o. f Public . H. ealth . Naegleria. . fowleri. . in the News . 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 . . _ are normal inhabitants of soil and . water where they feed on bacteria. . _ A few members have the ability to become . facultative parasites. when an opportunity to enter a vertebrate exists.. : Non pathogenic; anatomically indistinguishable from . E. histolytica.. Entamoeba coli. Trophozoite Cyst Nucleus . Entamoeba coli. Life cycle and location identical to . We report an 8 month-old infant with primary amebicmeningoencephalitis (PAME) due to Naegleria fowleri.The child was treated with amphotericin B,chloramphenicol and rifampicin for 3 weeks. PAME is ant Biology Department . Naegleria fowleri. Free-Living Pathogenic Amoeba. Prepared by: . Fatima Faisal . Khidhr. Supervisor by:. . Asst. Lecturer. . Chreska. N. Ahmed. Introduction.