The other two patients had died from the brain-eating amoeba. But Dr. Conrad had just heard of a new drug called miltefosine, which had been approved as an experimental treatment for N.

While extremely rare, Naegleria fowleri can lead to death — but there are precautions people can take to avoid contracting the amoeba Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE ...

Now, if a patient is admitted with symptoms of encephalitis ... essentially applicable to meningoencephalitis caused by other amoeba including acanthamoeba, which has an incubation period from ...

or brain-eating amoeba, after rinsing his sinuses with tap water, according to the Florida Department of Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the patient, who has not ...

“The patient began experiencing symptoms on Feb ... Popularly known as “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri is responsible for the disease called Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis ...