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Naegleria fowleri
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Free-living ameba, ubiquitous in the environment, found in warm freshwater and soil. Rarely found in inadequately chlorinated tap water or swimming pools.
- Phylum Percolozoa
- Organisms feed on bacteria.
- N. fowleri is the only known species to cause human disease.
- Other free-living amoebae Naegleria are not considered pathogenic.
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Free-living ameba, ubiquitous in the environment, found in warm freshwater and soil. Rarely found in inadequately chlorinated tap water or swimming pools.
- Phylum Percolozoa
- Organisms feed on bacteria.
- N. fowleri is the only known species to cause human disease.
- Other free-living amoebae Naegleria are not considered pathogenic.
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Last updated: December 9, 2019
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Auwaerter, Paul G. "Naegleria Fowleri." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2019. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540732/3.0/Naegleria_fowleri.
Auwaerter PG. Naegleria fowleri. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540732/3.0/Naegleria_fowleri. Accessed July 6, 2022.
Auwaerter, P. G. (2019). Naegleria fowleri. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540732/3.0/Naegleria_fowleri
Auwaerter PG. Naegleria Fowleri [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. [cited 2022 July 06]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540732/3.0/Naegleria_fowleri.
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