PPT-Naegleria

fowleri amp Acanthamoeba Ashley Skellie amp Karissa Jensen Naegleria fowleri Background Singlecelled amoeba 30 Naegleria species Discovered in Australia Infections are rare. 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. .. 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. . fowleri. 1. Scientific classification. Domain:. Eukaryota. Phylum:. Percolozoa. Class. Heterolobosea. Order:. Schizopyrenida. Family:. Vahlkampfiidae. Genus:. Naegleria. Species:. N. . . fowleri. Binomial . 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.