The 11-year-old
South Carolina girl hospitalized after contracting a usually deadly
brain-eating amoeba has died.
The Beaufort Gazette reports Hannah Collins died at
10:20 p.m. Friday, according to a statement from her family.
The statement said,
"Hannah loved life, her family and friends and, although this is not the
outcome we wished for, our sweet girl has joined the angels..."
South Carolina
health officials confirmed Tuesday that someone had been exposed to Naegleria
fowleri, a one-celled organism that can cause primary amebic
meningoencephalitis.
Health officials
didn't identify the patient, saying it appears the individual was exposed to
the amoeba while swimming July 24 in the Edisto River in Charleston County,
South Carolina.
The organism, which
is naturally present in warm fresh water, can be fatal if forced up the nose.
Source: Fox News
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