SC Dept. of Public Health confirmed the case of Naegleria fowleri was identified the week of July 7th but the agency hasn’t said where in the state it was found.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Columbia area hospital is confirming a death of a patient from a brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina.
On Wednesday, Prisma Health Richland Children’s Hospital in Columbia said a patient treated at their facility died from the organism. This announcement came a day after The South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) confirmed that there was a case of someone contracting the illness, but did not confirm a death.
SCDPH said
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