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1st case of naegleria fowleri infection confirmed in Korea
기자명 Kwak Sung-sun Published 2022.12.26 15:13
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Monday that it had identified naegleria fowleri for the first time in the country in a person who died of meningitis after returning from an extended overseas stay.
Naegleria fowleri, a so-called free-living amoeba, is a highly pathogenic protozoan that causes fatal primary amoebic meningitis (PAM) by infecting humans, mice, and laboratory animals and leads them to death, according to KDCA.
The patient who returned home after staying in Thailand for four months was urgently transferred to a tertiary general hospital for meningitis symptoms. As a result of performing a causative pathogen verification test on the patient’s sample, naegleria fowleri has been identified in gene (18S rRNA) tests for three types of amoeba protozoa, a pathogen that causes amoeba encephalitis.
1st case of naegleria fowleri infection confirmed in Korea
기자명 Kwak Sung-sun Published 2022.12.26 15:13
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Monday that it had identified naegleria fowleri for the first time in the country in a person who died of meningitis after returning from an extended overseas stay.
Naegleria fowleri, a so-called free-living amoeba, is a highly pathogenic protozoan that causes fatal primary amoebic meningitis (PAM) by infecting humans, mice, and laboratory animals and leads them to death, according to KDCA.
The patient who returned home after staying in Thailand for four months was urgently transferred to a tertiary general hospital for meningitis symptoms. As a result of performing a causative pathogen verification test on the patient’s sample, naegleria fowleri has been identified in gene (18S rRNA) tests for three types of amoeba protozoa, a pathogen that causes amoeba encephalitis.