Meningitis and other Central Nervous System infections

Cysts of the amoeba Naeglaria fowleri live in the sediments of lakes. The amoebae if inhaled can burrow through the cribiform plate to cause a fatal meningitis which is, fortunately, rare. It is this organism that infects the hot water springs that feed the Roman baths at Bath, Somerset.

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