(CNN) — An Arkansas toddler died of a rare brain-eating amoeba infection, which was likely contracted at a splash pad at a country club, according to health officials and the county coroner. The victim died from Naegleria fowleri infection, which “destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and in…
Testing has confirmed that the water at a Little Rock, Ark., splash pad had “viable” samples of the rare "brain-eating amoeba" Naegleria fowleri, which is usually only found in freshwater lakes and rivers
An Arkansas toddler died of a rare brain-eating amoeba infection, which was likely contracted at a splash pad at a country club, according to health officials and the county coroner.
