Results Detect Brain-Eating Amoeba in BSR Cable Park, But Not in Surf Resort

The Waco-McLennan County Public Health District (WMCPHD) in collaboration with the  Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and the US health authority,  have confirmed that the free-living amoeba that killed Fabrizio Stabile  (Naegleria fowleri) was detected at the water sports facility. However, the extremely rare organism was not found at the BSR’s Surf Resort, Lazy River, or Royal Flush. Confuse, yeah me too. So if the 29-year-old surfer passed away a few days after his visit to the BSR Surf Resort, yet the “brain-eating amoeba” wasn’t detected at the wave pool, how can authorities account for the death of Stabile? Although results thus far are inconclusive, the CDC did offer an explanation as to how the deadly infection was able to grow. ““Although the N. fowleri was not detected in the Surf Resort, Lazy River, or the Royal Flush, the presence of fecal indicator organisms, high turbidity, low free chlorine levels, and other amoeba that occur along with N. fowleri indicate conditions favorable for N. fowleri growth,” according to a statement from the district Friday, referring to the CDC report.   In response to the controversy, the BSR Cable Park is set to install a state-of-the-art filtration system. The water […]

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