PPT-Naegleria Fowleri A 45-year-old man who had been feeling unwell for several months

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 . We want to do something to help but feel very uncertain What shall we say What can we do What if we say the wrong thing These are the questions we might ask ourselves Unfortunately this means that we tend to avoid people just at the time when they 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. Date Well Unwell If unwell what is wrong: Breathless Fatigued Chest pain Nausea Other (please specify) How have you been feeling since your last class? Well Unwell If unwell what was wrong? Breathl .. 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. W. Matthew Linam, MD, MS. Objectives. Discuss factors that likely contributed to the survival of our . patient. List the recommended medications for treatment of . Naegleria. . fowleri. . primary amebic . . 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 . . _ 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. Dry cough, no hemoptysis. No recent travel outside the country. Worked in a factory but left job due to not feeling well.. Denied any known sick contacts with respiratory symptoms. From Guatemala, but has not traveled there in past ten year. Sort the days of the week into order as fast as you can.. What comes after Sunday?. Order It - Days. As we move through each year, we have four different seasons.. Seasons. The seasons are marked by changes in the weather, plants and animals. .