A three-and-a-half-year-old boy from Thayyil in Kannur district of Kerala has been diagnosed with an amoebic infection after being admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kozhikode, with fever and seizures.

Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples confirmed the presence of amoeba species through PCR testing at a laboratory in Thiruvanathapuram, raising concerns of amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare but potentially fatal brain infection.

Health authorities confirmed that the child had been suffering from fever for three days and experienced two episodes of seizures before hospital admission. He is currently undergoing treatment in the general ward and is reported to be stable.

“The child’s condition is under control and appropriate treatment has been initiated,“

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