The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has confirmed the death of the patient who was suffering from a rare brain infection. According to the CDC, Naegleria fowleri infects people by traveling up the nose and to the brain where it consumes brain tissue.
Missouri Health Department officials say the patient died Tuesday in a St. Louis area hospital.The Missouri resident was diagnosed last week with a rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba at the Lake of the Ozarks. The amoeba is found in warm freshwater like lakes and rivers and is fatal in 97% of cases. The state epidemiologist says the infection is extremely rare but wants residents to be aware of the risk…