Naegleria fowleri

  • Humberto Liraino, left, makes comments during a news conference as Rajan Wadhawan listens at Florida Hospital

    Washington Post – Doctors credited the Smelski Foundation with raising the hospital’s awareness of Naegleria fowleri

  • Sun Sentinel – Teen who survived brain-eating amoeba ready to go back to school

    SunSentinel – Teen who survived brain-eating amoeba ready to go back to school

  • We May Have a Cure for the Brain Eating Amoeba

    Outside Magazine – We May Have a Cure for the Brain Eating Amoeba

    Outside Magazine published a story about Sebastian DeLeon. DeLeon had contracted Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the “brain-eating amoeba” while swimming in a body…

  • USF awarded NIH grant to find new treatments for fatal infections caused by pathogenic free-living amoeba

  • P. Patrick Mularoni, MD - All Childrens Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine - Fox 13 Tampa Bay, FL

    Dr. Patrick Muleroni with All Children’s Hospital on My Fox Tampa Bay

    Fox Channel 13 in Tampa, FL ran an interview with Dr. Patrick Muleroni, Medical Director Sports Medicine with All Childrens Hospital Johns Hopkins…

  • All Children's Hospital Juan A. Dumois III, MD

    All Children’s Hospital Presentation, Dr. Juan A. Dumois, M.D.

    Dr. Juan A. Dumois III, M.D. helps to spread the word about the dangers of Naegleria fowlerii in his presentation for All…

  • Naegleria fowleri

    CDC Information about Naegleria fowleri

    DOWNLOAD Center for Disease Control Fact Sheet (PDF) VIEW  View Videos and Photos of Naegleria fowleri. More information about Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)…

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