The pathogen in question is called Naegleria fowleri. The "brain-eating" part makes it sound like an unlikely creature of science fiction, but sadly it's a real – and potentially deadly – organism.

The man had no underlying disease and was diagnosed with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a fatal brain infection caused by the brain-eating Naegleria Fowleri amoeba. This type of amoeba is ...

A lumbar puncture was performed, and the findings identified Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic single-celled “brain-eating amoeba”, that leads to inflammation of the brain. The amoeba typically grows ...

MDH Director Kris Ehresmann told reporters in the COVID-19 media call Friday that because it's been so warm in Minnesota since the start of July, swimmers should assume the rare amoeba called ...