Louisiana DOH Reports Naegleria fowleri infection in Louisiana resident

Credit CDC #19,301 Nearly every year we see a handful of rare - mostly fatal - brain infections caused by free living amoebas ( Naegleria fowleri) that inhabit warm, fresh water (see A Reminder About Naegleria Season - 2019). Dubbed the `brain eating amoeba ' by the press - this infection is called PAM (Primary amebic meningoencephalitis ) - and occurs when the amoeba enters the brain through the…