amebic

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Adj.1.amebic - pertaining to or resembling amoebae; "amoebic dysentery"
ameban, amebous, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous
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a·me·bic

a. amebiano-a, rel. a la ameba o causado por ésta.
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amebic

adj amebiano or amibiano
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He said that the NIH also issued another advisory regarding the Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) also called Naegleriasis.
NIH issues advisories on prevention of dengue fever, Chikungunya
There, it can cause a brain infection that the CDC calls "rare and devastating," known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis. It is almost always fatal, though a handful of people have survived.
Texas water resort closed, tested for 'brain-eating amoeba' after man's death
Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis after water containing the ameba enters the body through the nose and the ameba travels to the brain via the olfactory nerve.
Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water--United States, 2000-2014
Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM); 0-8 laboratory-confirmed cases per year are documented in the United States) (1).
Estimation of Undiagnosed Naegleria fowleri Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis, United States
In addition, the company said Impavido has received orphan drug designation in treating Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), the brain infection caused by the water-born amoeba Naegleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba Keratitis, and is the first Rx product launched in the US.
Profounda wins US FDA's orphan drug designation for miltefosine for Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis
The patient in South Carolina was confirmed on Tuesday to have been exposed to Naegleria fowleri (nuh-GLEER'-ee-uh FOW'-lur-ee), a one-celled organism that can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Special drug rushed to help brain-eating amoeba patient
A rare case of survival from primary amebic meningoencephalitis. Indian J Crit Care Med.
NAEGLERIA: PREVENTABLE BY WATER CHLORINATION
Naegleria fowleri - Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM).
Naegleria Fowleri the brain-eating amoeba
fowleri, is known to infect humans by causing an acute, fulminant, usually lethal, brain infection known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
Emerging trends in free-living amebic infections of the brain: implications for organ transplantation
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a severe infection of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by Naegleria fowleri, a thermophilic, free-living ameba found worldwide (Visvesvara, Moura, & Shuster, 2007).
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis in Florida: a case report and epidemiological review of Florida cases
"(http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis626) Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Deaths Associated With Sinus Irrigation Using Contaminated Tap Water." Clinical Infectious Diseases published online 22 August 2012.
Neti Pots Linked To Deadly Brain Infections: CDC
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis and the biology of Naegleria fowleri.
The role of free-living pathogenic amoeba in the transmission of leprosy: a proof of principle

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