<p>Federal officials said an adult in Florida died last month from contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba after rinsing their sinuses with unboiled tap water, marking the case as the first death of its kind in the United States this year.</p>
<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told<a href="https://www.fox4now.com/charlotte-county/is-charlotte-countys-tap-water-safe-following-report-of-amoeba-infection"> local media</a> that the patient died on February 20 from an extremely rare disease caused by Naegleria fowleri, which infects people when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose.</p>
<p>&#8220;The adult patient reportedly performed nasal rinsing daily with unboiled tap water, which is thought to be the source of the infection,&#8221; a spokesperson from the CDC said.</p>
<p>CDC officials did not disclose the identity of the deceased.</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://charlotte.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2023/02/02-23-2023PressReleaseNaegleriaFowleri.html">February 23 news release</a>, Florida Department of Health officials confirmed that Charlotte County had recently documented one case of someone infected with Naegleria fowleri &#8220;possibly as a result of sinus rinse practices utilizing tap water.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;DOH-Charlotte, as part of a multi-agency response, is continuing to investigate how this infection occurred and is working with the local public utilities to identify any potential links and make any necessary corrective actions,&#8221; Meranda Pitt, a spokesperson for the department, said in the statement.</p>
<p>Pitt emphasized residents cannot get infected with the amoeba by drinking tap water.</p>
<p>Eric Milbrandt, director of the marine laboratory at the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, told local media the amoeba could only affect people through the nose, not by ingesting it.</p>
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<p>&#8220;A proper, municipal treatment plant would have filtration, chlorination, and testing,&#8221; Milbrandt said. &#8220;So your drinking water should be fine.&#8221;</p>
<p>Joe Pepe, health officer for Charlotte County, told local media the patient was a male who lived in two separate houses in the area but would not disclose any further specifics about the case.</p>
<p>&#8220;What we&#8217;re working on right now is a good investigation so that we can identify a point source, but we saw an opportunity to lean forward and being responsible and just kind of helping educate the community on this piece of it at the very least,&#8221; Pepe said.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/general.html">CDC</a>, the amoeba typically thrives in warm freshwater like lakes, rivers, and hot springs around the world.</p>
<p>If water containing the amoeba goes up the nose, the amoeba can enter the brain and cause a devastating infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis, officials said.</p>
<p>&#8220;In very rare instances, Naegleria fowleri infections might also occur when contaminated water from other sources (such as inadequately chlorinated swimming pool water or contaminated tap water) enters the nose,&#8221; the spokesperson added. &#8220;People who irrigate, flush, or rinse their sinuses should use distilled water or tap water that has been boiled and cooled.&#8221;</p>
<p>Over the past decade, CDC officials have reported 29 cases in the U.S., with up to 5 cases reported annually, most occurring in southern-tier states during the summer.</p>
<p>The latest case, however, marks the first-ever reported in winter months in the United States.</p>

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