Another boy tests positive for PAM in Kozhikode

A four-year-old boy from Kozhikode has tested positive for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).

He has been undergoing treatment at a private hospital here for the past 10 days and his condition is said to be stable. Earlier, he had tested positive for the infection during local lab tests and now a PCR test in Puducherry has confirmed the presence of the amoeba.

This is the seventh case this year in the state. Three of the infected children have died and two others have survived. Another boy from Kannur is currently undergoing treatment at the same hospital.