MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'amoeba'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139671&cid=t_149542_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fblog%2F817111 Three people have died this summer from Naegleria, a rare brain-eating amoeba that lives in warm water. Most people get it from swimming in lakes in the summer. The amoeba is extremely rare and kills just a few people a year. The CDC has an information page about the amoeba here. People rarely get the amoeba, but those that do usually die. A 16-year-old Brevard County girl died from the amoeba after swimming in a branch of the St. Johns River. A Richmond, Virginia boy also died from the amoeba - the first Virginia case since 1969. Take a look: Photo: CDC Permalink | Facebook | Twitter | Recent Headlines | News Feeds (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com) HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139671 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:00:00 +0100 5139671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975123&cid=t_149542_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FafmmTOiAVac%2F Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #139 (96 MB .mp3, 80 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app. Links for this episode: Mimivirus genome reduction after amoebal culture (PNAS) Carbohydrate-Active enZYmes database Analysis of the honey bee microbiome (PLoS One) The colony-collapse blues (TWiV 104) Blessed are the beekeepers (Wall Street Journal) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 139 Weekly Science Picks Alan – Life Before the Dinos... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975123 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:18:27 +0100 4975123 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040245&cid=t_149542_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftraffic.libsyn.com%2Ftwip%2FTWiP017.mp3 Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 17 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of protozoan parasites that cause diarrhea with a review of amebic dysentery caused by Entamoeba histolytica. TWiP is brought to you by the American Society for Microbiology at Microbeworld.org. Links for this episode: Entamoeba histolytica cyst Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite Entamoeba histolytica life cycle Galactose prevents attachment of amoebae to cells Entamoeba histolytica life cycle Charcot-Leyden crystal Letters read on TWiP 17 Download TWiP #17 (55 MB .mp3, 76 minutes) Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed or by email Send your questions and comments to twip@twiv.tv (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040245 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:54:40 +0100 4040245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976477&cid=t_149542_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fblog%2F903101 Another child has died from a rare deadly lake amoeba in Texas. There have been ten cases in Texas in the last ten years - all fatal. 7-year-old Kyle Lewis died just days after contracting the amoeba after swimming in a river during a family camping trip. The CDC says the amoeba, called Naegleria, resides in warm waters with a still current. The amoeba causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). It enters the body through the nose and makes its way to the spinal cord. It then enters the brain and destroys brain tissue. Symptoms include severe headaches, vomiting and high fevers. Confusion, seizures and lack of balance may result as the condition worsens. People can die within a week of being exposed to the amoeba. You can read a fact sheet from the CDC here. Take a look: Permalink ... HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976477 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:00:00 +0100 3976477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2340971&cid=t_149542_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2009%2F03%2Facanthamoeba-review.html from Fiona L. Henriquez (University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK) writing in Parasites and Vectors (2009) 2: 16 There is an increasing interest and awareness of the free-living amoeba, Acanthamoeba, over recent years as an opportunistic pathogen of medical importance. The publication of this book is a timely reflection of this current situation. The author is to be congratulated on the provision of such a comprehensive review of the literature concerning all aspects of Acanthamoeba research. The intention of the author was to provide an essential reference for researchers of infectious diseases. This is achieved and in addition, this book should also be beneficial to students at the university level with a specific interest in microbiology.This book is certainly a 'must read' for a... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2340971 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:46:00 +0100 2340971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1873589&cid=t_149542_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2008%2F10%2Facanthamoeba.html is an opportunistic protozoan that is widely distributed in the environment. Acanthamoeba has two stages in its life cycle, an active trophozoite stage during which Acanthamoeba reproduces, and a dormant cyst stage during which Acanthamoeba remains inactive with little metabolic activity, but viable, for years. During the last few decades, Acanthamoeba has become increasingly appreciated as an important microbe and now well-recognized to produce serious human infections, including a vision-threatening keratitis (called Acanthamoeba keratitis) and a rare but fatal encephalitis, known as granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. Initially the term "granulomatous amoebic encephalitis" was coined specifically to describe brain infection due to Acanthamoeba. However, with the discovery of a number o... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873589 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:40:00 +0100 1873589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=918021&cid=t_149542_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fhnblog.pl%3Fhnblog%3D929071 KPHO Phoenix has a developing story about a local boy who was killed by a deadly amoeba he is believed to have picked up while swimming in Lake Havasu. A 14-year-old Lake Havasu boy has become the sixth victim to die nationwide this year of a microscopic organism that attacks the body through the nasal cavity, quickly eating its way to the brain. Aaron Evans died Sept. 17 of Naegleria fowleri, an organism doctors said he probably picked up a week before while swimming in the balmy shallows of Lake Havasu. According to the Centers For Disease Control, Naegleria infected 23 people from 1995 to 2004. This year health officials said they've noticed a spike in cases, with six Naegleria-related cases so far -- all of them fatal. Such attacks are extremely rare, though some health officials... HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=918021 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:35:00 +0100 918021