A "brain amoeba" kills a 29-year-old man; CDC tests the texan pool

Fabrizio "Fab" Stabile, 29, from the seaside community of the Atlantic City city located in Ventnor, died on September 21, just one day after the diagnosis of a cerebral amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, according to a GoFundMe page that aims to create the Fabrizio Stabile Foundation. Stabile was in a wave pool at Surf Resort BSR Cable Park in Waco, Texas, and had a headache on September 16, unable to get out of bed or talk coherently.

He was hospitalized on September 17, but doctors initially thought that he was suffering from bacterial meningitis, which delayed the proper treatment. Only four people survived the

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According to the Federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Naegleria fowleri, known as the "cerebral amoeba", usually infects people when contaminated water, usually lakes, rivers or trees. streams, enters the body through the nose.

Once the parasite has entered the nose, it travels to the brain where it can cause a fatal infection called amoebic primitive meningoencephalitis. According to the CDC, symptoms begin to appear one to nine days after swimming and those infected usually die one to 18 days after the onset of symptoms.

In rare cases, poorly chlorinated pool water or heated and contaminated tap water can cause infection when it enters the nose, said CDC officials.

Between 2008 and 2017, 34 infections were reported in the United States. Among these cases:

• 30 people were infected by recreational waters,
• Three people were infected after nasal irrigation with contaminated tap water.
• A person was infected with contaminated tap water used in a garden water toy.

The Surf Resort at BSR Cable Park, where Stabile worked, closed on Friday to test the amoeba, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported. The water park was to remain closed pending the results of the CDC investigation.