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Teen survives rare brain eating amoeba in Orlando hospital
Sebastian DeLeon, 16, survived a deadly brain eating amoeba after rapid diagnosis at Florida Hospital for Children in Orlando. Doctors used miltefosine, shipped quickly from an Orlando company, to treat the infection with a 97 percent fatality rate reported. The case followed a Broward County camp counselor’s exposure and highlights the drug’s availability delay in hospitals.
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