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Texas woman dies from brain-eating amoeba after cleaning sinuses with tap water

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A 71-year-old Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba.

The woman developed symptoms four days after she filled a nasal irrigation device with tap water from her RV 's water system at a Texas campsite.

She was treated for primary amebic meningoencephalitis ( PAM ) The infection is caused by Naegleria fowleri , often referred to as the "brain-eatingamoaeba".

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formal

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English

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