Amid a rise in PAM cases, the Kerala government has formed a medical board to provide expert treatment to diagnosed patients.
Brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. (iStock)
A four-year-old child was treated successfully for amoebic meningoencephalitis and discharged from the Baby Memorial Hospital in Kozhikode. The boy has become the second-ever person to recover from the brain infection in India. This comes amid the Kerala government forming a medical board to provide expert treatment to patients diagnosed with PAM – a rare but mostly fatal infection.