Naegleria fowleri: The Sebastian DeLeon case with Dr. Humberto Liriano

In the summer of 2016, then 16-year-old Florida teen, Sebastian DeLeon wound up in a Orlando hospital diagnosed with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) due to the parasite, Naegleria fowleri. In this short interview from the 4th Annual Amoeba Summit sponsored by the Jordan Smelski Foundation, I spoke to a physician directly involved in the successful treatment of young Sebastian, pediatric intensivist, Humberto Liriano, MD. In the interview, Dr Liriano gave a good synopsis of the situation and the great news of what Sebastian is up to today.