A south Florida man died Feb. 20 after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating infection, from using tap water to rinse his sinuses. His case was the first in the U.S. this year.
, died on Feb. 20, three days before the county health department issued a public alert about the infection.
The amoeba can cause an infection of the brain known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis – a condition that does not have any known effective treatments. Last summer, then 13-year-old Caleb Ziegelbauer contracted a possible brain-eating amoeba while swimming at Port Charlotte Beach Park, which is in Charlotte County, Florida.
Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba that causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis, can be caught in warm water locations.
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