A resident of New Jersey contracted a deadly amebic encephalitis in an aquapark

A surf resort in Central Texas has closed pending test results for what is commonly referred to as “brain amoeba,” a fatal amoebic meningoencephalitis.

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29-year-old Fabrizio Stabile from New Jersey died earlier this month after visiting the water park at this resort, writes Pix11. A man became ill with amoebic meningoencephalitis after infection with Naegleria fowleri. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that Naegleria fowleri is often found in warm fresh water.

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Stabile felt unwell on Sunday, September 16, when the man developed a severe headache while mowing the lawn. He took the medicine and slept through the night. The next day, the headache did not go away, the man took the medicine again and went to bed. After that, he could no longer get out of bed or speak coherently.

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He was taken to hospital and until Thursday last week doctors were trying to figure out what was wrong with him. Naegleria fowleri is a very rare infection. Only 34 people were affected by this usually fatal infection between 2008 and 2017, according to the CDC.

“By the time Fabrizio was diagnosed, it was too late to administer the drug, which had previously been provided to three out of five survivors in North America. At the same time, it is also very difficult to get,” wrote the author of the page on GoFundMe. “We were hopeful until the end, but unfortunately on Friday, September 21st, we learned that Fabrizio had died as a result of this brain amoeba.”

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Now the CDC is conducting tests at Surf Resort BSR Cable Park, whose management agreed to close the resort on Friday. The owner of the park, Stuart Parsons Jr., announced that he intends to continue to fulfill requests related to the investigation into the death of Stabile. Volunteers also raise money to enable people to learn more about the infection.

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