Pediatric patient dies from brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina, officials say

COLUMBIA S C WYFF On Tuesday executives certified that a pediatric individual in Columbia South Carolina has died from Naegleria fowleri also known as the brain-eating amoeba According to Pediatric Infectious Complaint Physician Anna Kathryn Burch with the Prisma Medical Children s Hospital Midlands a client lately died from Naegleria fowleri Dr Burch declared the hospital will not release any additional information about the person