Category: CDC Drug Service

CDC Offers Hope in Fighting Brain-Eating Ameba

Magnified 500X, this 1971 photomicrograph depicted some of the histopathologic changes associated with an infection found in a brain tissue specimen due to the presence of free-living amoebae of the genus, Naegleria.

By Sioux Henley Campbell Fighting Brain-Eating Ameba [i] It sits in a blister pack, secured in a nondescript office at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), just a few phone calls away from being flown to a patient’s bedside for emergency treatment. Miltefosine is one of several drugs used to treat rare[ii] diseases that the Read More >

June 23, 2015 by Blog Administrator10 Comments

Disease Investigation, General

brain-eating ameba, CDC Drug Service, Naegleria, public health