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Dec
18
2011

In very rare instances, Naegleria infections may also occur when contaminated water from other sources (such as inadequately chlorinated swimming pool water or heated tap water <47°C).
A 51-year-old woman from DeSoto Parish and a 20-year-old man from St. Bernard Parish, a suburb of New Orleans, died after using Neti pots containing tap water to flush their sinuses. Both became infected with Naegleria fowleri. Read more; http://clinicianonnet.blogspot.com/2011/12/naegleria-infection-from-tap-water-used.html

infection tap water naegleria Meningitis

Apr
26
2011

Meninges of the central nervous partsDura, Arachnoid and Pia are the coverings of Brain US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved the use of the vaccine Menactra (Sanofi Pasteur) in children as young as 9 months for the prevention meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y, and W-135. Menactra had been approved for use from ages 2 to 55 previously.

Meningococcal Vaccine Meningitis

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