Pakistan primary amoebic meningoencephalitis 2013 - 3 fatalities

[Ronan Kelly]

2012 thread - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=190000

Naegleria fowleri claimed two lives in May
From the Newspaper | Faiza Ilyas | 10 hours ago 0


KARACHI: The deadly waterborne infection (primary amoebic meningoencephalitis) claimed at least two lives last month, health officials disclosed here on Monday.

The latest death was of 20-year-old Mohsin, a resident of New Karachi?s Godhra Colony.

?The patient died at the Aga Khan University Hospital on May 27. He was apparently admitted to the hospital the same day,? said the executive district officer for health, Imdadullah Siddiqui, adding that it was the second death from the same infection in May in the city.

Hospital sources also confirmed the death and said that the patient died the following day after admission and had no history of swimming.
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http://dawn.com/2013/06/04/naegleria-fowleri-claimed-two-lives-in-may/

 

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:tiphat: Makoto
'Brain-eating' amoeba kills 40-year-old Pakistani
Pakistan,Health/Medicine,Indo-Pak/Pakistan, Sun, 30 Jun 2013IANS



Islamabad, June 30 (IANS) Naegleria fowleri, a waterborne organism commonly known as the "brain-eating" amoeba, has led to the death of a 40-year-old man in Pakistan's Karachi port city, the third such case this year.
Tahir Ansari died at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi Saturday, a hospital official told the Dawn newspaper.
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http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsd...ting-amoeba-kills-40-year-old-Pakistani-.html