Georgia resident dies from rare brain-eating amoeba, health officials say | CNN

A Georgia resident who was likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba infection

“A Georgia resident has died from Naegleria fowleri infection, a rare infection which destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and usually death,” the health department said in a news release Friday. “The individual was likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond in Georgia.” Naegleria fowleri is an amoeba that lives in soil and warm freshwater lakes, rivers, ponds and hot springs.

From 1962 to 2021, only four out of 154 people in the United States survived a brain-eating amoeba infection, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Earlier this month, the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health said a 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection likely contracted at a natural hot spring. In February, Florida officials said a resident died from the amoeba after a sinus rinse with tap water.

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