
Florida residents warned about tap water after man dies from brain-eating amoeba
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The 200,000 residents of Charlotte County, Florida are being advised to use tap water cautiously and avoid it from entering their noses after a man died from a brain-eating amoeba.
Officials believe the anonymous man caught the brain-eating infection from washing his face and rinsing his sinuses with infected tap water.
Infections from Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic single-celled amoeba, are very rare. The infection is known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) and occurs when contaminated water enters the nose.
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