| naegleria fowleri: diagnosis, pathophysiology of brain inflammation, and antimicrobial treatments. | primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (pam) is a very rare disease with a high mortality rate. pam is caused by naegleria fowleri, an amoeba which resides in freshwater lakes and ponds and can survive in inadequately chlorinated pools ( lopez, c.; budge, p.; chen, j., et al. primary amebic meningoencephalitis: a case report and literature review . pediatr. emerg. care 2012 , 28 , 272 - 276 ). in the past 50 years, there have been over 130 cases of naegleria induced pam in the united states with on ... | 2016 | 27525348 |