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Infection Caused by a Rare ‘Brain-Eating Amoeba’ Seen for the First Time in 35 Years in Missouri

by Jim Hoft


A Missouri man was hospitalized after developing a life-threatening infection caused by a rare brain-eating amoeba.

According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), this is the first case of Naegleria fowleri infection to be reported in the state in the past 35 years.

Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled free-living amoeba that can cause a rare, life-threatening brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis.

According to DHSS, the Missouri patient is being treated for PAM in an ICU…


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