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TX woman dies from brain ameba after flushing nose with RV water

By CIDRAP / University of Minnesota  
   June 02, 2025

A previously healthy 71-year-old woman in Texas died within 2 weeks of using tap water from a recreational vehicle for nasal irrigation. She was diagnosed as having primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) a rare, often fatal brain infection caused by the ameba Naegleria fowleri, according to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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