A man has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba that he likely contracted by rinsing their nostrils with tap water, health officials have said.
The Florida Department of Health confirmed that a person living in the state had died on Thursday from Naegleria fowleri, colloquially known as a "brain-eating amoeba."
The victim has not been identified but the agency said it suspected the patient had contracted the infection “as a result of sinus rinse practices” using tap water.
