How to Use meningoencephalitis in a Sentence

meningoencephalitis

noun
  • The infection caused eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, a rare kind of meningitis.
    — Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, 2018-11-06
  • The tiny but deadly cells can lead to a serious infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis, most commonly after swimming in lakes and rivers.
    — Caroline Picard, Woman's Day, 2017-02-16
  • At least three cubs were suffering from a neurological condition called meningoencephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, that left them unable to walk.
    — Rachel Fobar, National Geographic, 2019-05-08
  • That’s when the family learned Skylar had meningoencephalitis, a rare complication of the coronavirus.
    — Stephanie Toone, ajc, 2020-04-20
  • Seitz died in June 2016 from meningoencephalitis, a disease caused by the amoeba Naegleria fowleri.
    — CBS News, 2017-06-20
  • Spinal cord involvement in a child with raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) meningoencephalitis.
    — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 2012-03-29
  • David Pruitt died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis Aug. 7, Crystal Hayley, the boy’s aunt, said.
    — Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 2021-08-16
  • The patients became ill in late August with meningitis and meningoencephalitis and were hospitalized, the DPH said.
    — Jessika Harkay, courant.com, 2021-08-31
  • The infection was Missouri's first case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis since 1987.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2022-07-16
  • Once in the brain, the organism causes the disease primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), which destroys brain tissue and causes brain swelling and death.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 2020-09-28
  • The amoeba can cause a rare infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) that destroys brain tissue and is usually fatal.
    — Fox News, 2020-09-27
  • The amoeba infection causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection with symptoms of headache, fever, nausea or vomiting and progresses to a stiff neck, seizures, and coma and can lead to death.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 2022-10-20
  • Primary amebic meningoencephalitis, the disease caused by the amoeba, is almost always fatal, according to the CDC.
    — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 2018-06-14
  • Meningitis or meningoencephalitis is also a possibility, especially in infants younger than one month, which can lead to neurological symptoms like headache, neck stiffness, or seizures.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 2022-07-19
  • If left untreated with antibiotics, the patient begins to show signs of meningoencephalitis (infection of the brain)—sensitivity to light, seizures, and delirium, for instance—before slipping into a coma and, often, dying.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2020-09-13
  • When water containing the amoeba enters the nose and reaches the brain, primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a brain infection, can result.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 2022-08-18
  • However cases involving the fatal illness produced by Naegleria fowleri, known as amoebic meningoencephalitis, are very rare, the article showed.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 2019-09-16
  • Some families are keeping children indoors to play due to the danger of infection from the snails, which can transmit a potentially severe brain infection called meningoencephalitis and an abdominal disease known as angiostrongiliasis.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2019-09-30
  • Naegleria fowleri can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), an infection in the brain, after water containing the amoeba goes through the nose.
    — Kaitlyn Alanis The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 2022-08-19
  • The amoeba travels up to the brain, destroying brain tissue and causing an almost-always fatal infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
    — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 2023-09-15
  • An autopsy determined the cause of death to be advanced granulomatous meningoencephalitis, a form of meningitis that Dempsey said was caused by the Candida Albicans fungus.
    — Andy Marso, kansascity, 2017-10-17
  • The infection, usually primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), causes damage to brain tissue, resulting in brain swelling and often death, said the health department.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 2023-07-31
  • Their 3-year-old son, Bakari Williams, died last summer from primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and typically fatal infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba.
    — Dallas News, 2022-03-31
  • The scientific term for the amoeba Seitz contracted is primary amebic meningoencephalitis, an infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, which is an organism that does not cause illness if swallowed, but can be fatal if forced up the nose.
    — Rose Minutaglio, PEOPLE.com, 2017-06-20
  • The Hillsborough County sector of the health department announced on Friday that a patient was found to have contracted the Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that can lead to a fatal brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 2020-07-05
  • For this reason, many people with HIV will only experience illness when C. neoformans has disseminated and causes meningitis or meningoencephalitis (inflammation of the meninges and brain).
    — Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 2024-07-02
  • Hanson was taken by ambulance that day to Providence Portland Medical Center, where she was admitted to the intensive care unit and diagnosed with meningococcal disease, including meningoencephalitis.
    — oregonlive, 2019-12-10
  • Their son, Bakari Williams, died Sept. 11 after being hospitalized with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and typically fatal infection caused by the naegleria fowleri amoeba.
    — Chron, 2021-10-05

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