by Mike Stobbe Neti pots are seen, Jan. 30, 2008, in Lexington, Ky. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, published a report that for the first time connects Acanthamoeba infections to use of Neti pots and other nasal rinsing devices. Credit: Mark Cornelison/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, FileFor years, scientists...
3 FEB. 2023, 4:45 P.M. BY KATHERINE KORNEI MRI scans of a man whose brain was infected with the amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris show a dramatic difference in inflammation (white) before and after (right) treatment with an experimental drug.N. SPOTTISWOODE ET AL., EMERG. INFECT. DIS. (1) 197-201 (2023) In the summer of 2021, a 54-year-old man was brought to...
3 FEB 2023, 4:45 PM BY KATHERINE KORNEI MRI scans of a man whose brain was infected with the amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris show a dramatic difference in inflammation (white) before and after (right) treatment with an experimental drug.N. SPOTTISWOODE ET AL., EMERG. INFECT. DIS. (1) 197-201 (2023) In the summer of 2021, a 54-year-old man was brought to...
This post is not for the faint-hearted. However, parasites are a real thing, and it is helpful to know what sometimes doctors need to deal with. This time we’ll talk about amoebas. There is a large diversity of these single-celled organisms in the world, and absolute majority of them are harmless to humans, especially when our immune system is...
