Naegleria fowleri

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Thatus Licudan

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  • Naegleria fowleri (brain eating amoeba)
    = Causes: PRIMARY AMOEBIC Meningoencephalitis
    • Brain infection that leads to DESTRUCTION OF BRAIN TISSUE
    + Heat loving or Thermophilic Amoeba
    = The only amoeba with 3 MORPHOLOGIC FORMS
    • Cysts, Tropozoite, and Flagellate
    = Laboratory Diagnosis:
    • Microscopic Examination of CEREBRO SPINAL FLUID (CSF)
    • Samples of tissues and nasal discharge
  • Cyst stage of N. fowleri
    = Size: 9-12 um
    = Shape: ROUND WITH THICK CELL WALLS
  • Tropozoite Stage of N. fowleri
    = Size: 8-22 um
    = Motility: SLUGLIKE with BLUNT PSEUDOPODS
  • Flagellate Stage of N. fowleri
    = Size: 7-15 um
    = Shape: PEAR-SHAPED FLAGELLATE
    = Flagella: TWO WHIP LIKE STRUCTURE
    = Motility: JERKY MOVEMENTS or SPINNING
  • Clinical Manifestation of PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS
    = Causes RAPID TISSUE DESTRUCTION
    = FEVER, HEADACHE, SORE THROAT, NAUSEA, and VOMITING
    = Meningitis - STIFF NECK and SEIZURES
    = Diagnotic Sign - Kernig's sign
    = Smell and Taste alteration
    = In untreated patients, death usually occurs THREE (3) - SIX (6) Days after onset
  • Treatment for Primary amebic Meningoencephalitis
    = Medications used to treat meningitis and amaebic and amebic infections are INEFFECTIVE.
    • Amphotericin B in Combination with Rifampin or Miconazole