{"id":566,"date":"2015-08-01T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vaughanmd.com\/medicallyspeakingradio\/?p=566"},"modified":"2015-08-01T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T17:00:50","slug":"amoeba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaughanmd.com\/medicallyspeakingradiowebsite\/index.php\/2015\/08\/01\/amoeba\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombie Brain-Eating Amoeba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vaughanmd.com\/medicallyspeakingradio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-567\" src=\"http:\/\/vaughanmd.com\/medicallyspeakingradio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nose-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"nose\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaughanmd.com\/medicallyspeakingradiowebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nose-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaughanmd.com\/medicallyspeakingradiowebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nose-768x694.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vaughanmd.com\/medicallyspeakingradiowebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nose.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We discuss the brain-eating amoeba (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/parasites\/naegleria\/general.html\" target=\"_blank\">Naeglaria fowleri<\/a>) which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/71917\/20150726\/new-orleans-tap-water-found-contaminated-brain-eating-amoeba-naegleria.htm\" target=\"_blank\">killed two people in Louisiana<\/a> this month. \u00a0The amoeba is almost uniformly fatal and infects victims\u00a0when contaminated\u00a0fresh water enters their nose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2337\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-566-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" 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