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Topic: Parasitology 2016-06-29
Difficulty: Easy
Author:  Marc Couturier, Medical Director of Parasitology/Fecal Testing, Infectious Disease Rapid Testing, and Microbial Immunology, Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Utah Department of Pathology
Question Type: Single Best Answer
Please select the single BEST answer choice.

A teenager from Ohio recently died as a result of “brain eating amoeba” infection, or better known as Primary Ameobic Meningoencephalitis (PAM).  The amoebae were identified in the water of a white water rafting training center in South Carolina where the patient had been vacationing.
 
What free-living amoeba causes PAM?
A. Acanthamoeba spp.
B. Naegleria fowleri
C. Balamuthia mandrillaris
D. Sappinia padata

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