Ventricular and lumbar spinal-fluid specimens were obtained before death, cultured for bacteria, fungi and amebas and examined under light microscopy with the use of wet preparations and Gram's ...

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But brains are accidental food for them. According to the CDC, N. fowleri normally eats bacteria. But when the amoeba gets into humans, it uses the brain as a food source. The nose is the pathway ...