Brain-Eating Amoebas Have Reared Their Ugly Heads in South Carolina
The US Centers for Disease Control has confirmed that a South Carolina bather has been infect with Naegleria fowleri , a warm - water dwelling amoeba that can cause a life - imperil genius contagion . Exposure to the amoebais thought to have occurred on July 24when the unnamed individual was swim near Martin ’s landing place on the Edisto River in Charleston County . A drug used to treat patients infect with Naegleria fowleri was couriered nightlong Tuesday from Orlando , Florida , to Charleston ....