Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child’s death.

Naegleria fowleri can make its own nutrients, but still forages soil or water for food from bacteria, fungi and other organisms. That is how problems can arise for freshwater swimmers, Rice said.

Naegleria fowleri is common in the environment but infections are extremely rare, said Emma H. Wilson, a professor of biomedical sciences at the University of California at Riverside.

Naegleria fowleri infections are deadly in 97% of cases, the CDC said. As PAM is rare and symptoms progress quickly, it can be hard to treat, the CDC said.

Naegleria fowleri is contacted when contaminated water enters through a person's nose, and is found in warm freshwater such as lakers, rivers and hot springs, according to the CDC.

The brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri has led to the death of a boy who recently visited Lake Mead on the Arizona side.

Naegleria fowleri is not found in salt water, like the ocean, the CDC says. Also, you can’t get a Naegleria fowleri infection from a properly cleaned, maintained, and disinfected swimming pool.

A 36-year-old woman from Gulshan-e-Iqbal has died from Naegleria fowleri, marking Karachi's first fatal case of the brain-eating amoeba this year, health officials confirmed on Monday.According to ...

Naegleria fowleri is a brain-eating amoeba, and it’s a foul infection to get. When such an amoeba goes up your nose, it can find its way to your brain and start munching away.