Biomaterial Database

Waters of death: Naegleria Fowleri (the brain eating Amoeba). 2022

Ahmed Kamal Siddiqi, and Muhammad Azhar Chachar

3rd Year MBBS Student, Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D001921	Brain	The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.	Encephalon
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000656	Amoeba	A genus of ameboid protozoa. Characteristics include a vesicular nucleus and the formation of several PSEUDOPODIA, one of which is dominant at a given time. Reproduction occurs asexually by binary fission.	Ameba
D016848	Naegleria fowleri	A species of parasitic protozoa having both an ameboid and flagellate stage in its life cycle. Infection with this pathogen produces PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS.	Naegleria fowlerus,fowlerus, Naegleria
D020808	Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections	Infections of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges by single celled organisms of the former subkingdom known as protozoa. The central nervous system may be the primary or secondary site of protozoal infection. These diseases may occur as OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS or arise in immunocompetent hosts.	CNS Protozoal Infections,Cerebral Protozoal Infections,Meningoencephalitis, Protozoal,Protozoal Infections, Central Nervous System,Acanthamoeba Meningoencephalitis,Amebic Meningoencephalitis,Balamuthia mandrillaris CNS Infection,Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitis,Infection, Central Nervous System, Protozoal,Infections, Protozoal, Central Nervous System,Naegleria fowleri Infection,Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis,Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis,Protozoal Infections, Cerebral,Protozoal Meningoencephalitis,Sappinia diploidea Meningoencephalitis,Acanthamoeba Meningoencephalitides,Amebic Meningoencephalitides,Amebic Meningoencephalitides, Primary,Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Primary,Balamuthia mandrillaris Meningoencephalitides,CNS Protozoal Infection,Cerebral Protozoal Infection,Infection, CNS Protozoal,Infection, Cerebral Protozoal,Infection, Naegleria fowleri,Infections, CNS Protozoal,Meningoencephalitides, Acanthamoeba,Meningoencephalitides, Amebic,Meningoencephalitides, Balamuthia mandrillaris,Meningoencephalitides, Naegleria fowleri,Meningoencephalitides, Primary Amebic,Meningoencephalitides, Protozoal,Meningoencephalitides, Sappinia diploidea,Meningoencephalitis, Acanthamoeba,Meningoencephalitis, Amebic,Meningoencephalitis, Balamuthia mandrillaris,Meningoencephalitis, Naegleria fowleri,Meningoencephalitis, Primary Amebic,Meningoencephalitis, Sappinia diploidea,Naegleria fowleri Infections,Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitides,Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitides,Protozoal Infection, CNS,Protozoal Infection, Cerebral,Protozoal Infections, CNS,Protozoal Meningoencephalitides,Sappinia diploidea Meningoencephalitides