Similar Cases Documented Elsewhere

In South Carolina, an 11-year-old girl died after being exposed to the organism while on a swimming trip. And in South Florida, doctors successfully saved the life of a 16-year-old boy after being exposed to the deadly organism.

” It’s a miracle…”

Dr. Humberto Liriano of the Florida Hospital for Children, in a press statement, said that it was “a miracle” that the boy in South Florida is now able to walk and talk after his ordeal with the illness caused by the organism.