Naegleria Fowleri
September/October 2007 ISSN-1059-6518 Volume 20 Number 5
The Story of Naegleria fowleri
By Frank Hubbell, DO
Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba that is typically found in warm, fresh water around the world. It causes no harm to humans unless you happen to get it up your nose and into your sinuses. There it can multiply and enter your central nervous system through the olfactory nerve as it traverses the cribiform plate between the sinuses and the brain. domain name search Once in the brain, it will continue to multiply and cause Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM).
