Nine-Year-Old Boy in Serious Condition After Infection Caused by Brain-Eating Amoeba

Nine-year-old boy in serious condition after infection caused by brain-eating amoeba

The boy was hospitalized with swelling in his brain and was subsequently sedated and ventilated in intensive care at Rambam Hospital.

Kinneret: 9-year-old hospitalized in serious condition due to rare amoeba

The Health Ministry reports that a child has been hospitalized in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Rambam Hospital in Haifa after swimming in the Sea of Galilee and developing severe encephalitis.

Israeli boy in serious condition after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba

Health officials linked the infection to the Sea of Galilee, marking the third such diagnosis recorded nationwide in recent years.

9-year-old in serious condition after contracting 'brain-eating amoeba' in Sea of Galilee

A 9-year-old boy is hospitalized in serious condition at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa with a severe brain infection and is sedated and ventilated in the intensive care unit, the Health Ministry said Sunday. According to the ministry, a sample was sent overnight between Saturday and Sunday to the Health Ministry's central laboratories, which […] The post 9-year-old in serious condition after contracting 'brain-eating amoeba' in Sea of Galil…

9-year-old critically ill with rare brain-eating amoeba after Sea of Galilee swim

The child is sedated and ventilated at Rambam hospital after developing encephalitis; an initial investigation found he had swum at Kursi Beach about a week before hospitalization