Rare acanthamoeba infection hits 18-year-old in Thiruvananthapuram
In Thiruvananthapuram 18-year-old at Government Medical College Hospital tested positive for rare acanthamoeba, causing amoebic meningoencephalitis. Likely infected while swimming without a nose clip at Akkulam pool, he is stable on miltefosine. Authorities closed the pool for cleaning, collected water samples, and continue probing other water exposures amid nine active district cases.