Fourth brain-eating amoeba case of the year being treated
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/health/florida-brain-eating-amoeba/ (CNN)An unidentified patient in Florida is being treated after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba last week, according to the Florida Department of Health. It is the fourth known case this year of infection by the parasite Naegleria fowleri. "We believe that the individual contracted the infection after swimming in unsanitary water on a single private property," said Mara Gambineri, the health department
Orlando company helps treat amoeba case
Source: http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/189032124-story ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Yet another Floridian is batting a brain-eating amoeba, but an Orlando-based company may have found the cure. Orlando's Profounda, Inc. delivered their new drug, Impavido, to the patient. Company CEO Todd MacLaughlan, hopes to turn the tables on this bug. "Of the patients who've survived, the four we've talked about, two of them were on Impavido. So there is evidence supporting
New case of brain-eating amoeba reported in South Carolina
A South Carolina resident has contracted an infection from the brain-eating amoeba, naegleria fowleri, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. The state epidemiologist Linda Bell said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed through lab tests the individual was exposed to the infectious amoeba. The exposure is thought to have occurred on July 24, when the individual was swimming near Martin’s Landing on the Edisto River
Physicians use social media to identify cutaneous leishmaniasis in teen travelers
A new report details how physicians and patients used social media to help diagnose cutaneous leishmaniasis in a group of teens who traveled on a youth adventure trip to Israel. Their posts quickly brought the cluster to the attention of the teens and their parents, leading to prompt recognition of the cause of their skin lesions and appropriate treatment. People with cutaneous leishmaniasis develop skin sores after being infecting with Leishmania parasites, which are spread
