It is a brain-eating amoeba that is exceedingly rare but nearly impossible to treat. Naegleria fowleri are amoeba that live in warm freshwater. It enters the body when contaminated water gets in ...

While it's very rare, it can be deadly—a brain infection by a microbe widely known as the "brain-eating amoeba." The pathogen in question is called Naegleria fowleri. The "brain-eating" part ...