Minnesota child died from strep infection, not Naegleria: CDC
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#H0VD)
In a unexpected development today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that based on laboratory analysis, 14-year-old Hunter Boutain, died from streptococcal meningoencephalitis last month. It was reported last month that Boutain likely died from suspected Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by the "Brain-eating amoeba", Naegleria fowleri. The Minnesota Department of Health, on July 7, ["]
