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Yalcin Celik1, Ali Ertuğ Arslankoylu1

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin 33120, Turkey.

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
|December 31, 2020
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Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating ameba, can cause severe primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in infants. This case highlights the risk of PAM infection from contaminated water exposure in newborns.

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Naegleria fowleribrain eating amebanewbornprimary amebic meningoencephalitis

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