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Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia, and Sappinia are small, free-living amebae that cause human amebic meningoencephalitis, which has two distinct clinical presentations. The more common is an acute, fulminant, and usually fatal primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by Naegleria fowleri that occurs…