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A woman in Texas has died after contracting a fatal brain amoeba from contaminated water.

The patient, 71, had used a nasal irrigation device filled with unboiled tap water from an RV’s water faucet, according to an alert from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The " previously healthy " woman was staying at a local campground at the time, the agency stated.

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Within four days of using the nasal rinse, the woman developed "severe neurologic symptoms," including fever, headache and altered mental status .

The patient was treated for a potential infection of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare, deadly brain infection c

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