Care Pathway Recommendations

Beginning with the 2015 PAM Summit, several doctors and hospital systems have provided input for these recommendations for Care Pathway alerts and changes. The attached document is a finalization of that process with final changes provided by Dr. Juan Dumois, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.

  • Dr. Juan Dumois
  • Dr. Humberto A. Liriano
  • Dr. Alejandro Jordan-Villegas
  • Dr. Vincent Valente
  • Dr. Kevin Sherin
  • Dr. Dennis Kyle
  • Dr. Chrisopher Rice

Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) Clinical Pathway

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

PAM Protocol Guidelines, Johns Hopkins

Clinical Care of Naegleria fowleri Infection

Naegleria fowleri is an ameba commonly called the “brain-eating ameba” because it causes a brain infection when water containing the ameba goes up the nose.

CDC recommended treatment for PAM caused by Naegleria fowleri infection

Clinical Care of Naegleria fowleri Infection

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