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Teen beats odds and survives brain-eating amoeba

Name: Teen beats odds and survives brain-eating amoeba
Uploaded: 2016-08-23T12:37:46-0400
Duration: 4 min 24 s
Description: Doctors say a Florida teen infected with a brain-eating amoeba is defying the odds and will live to tell his story. He contracted the amoeba while swimming in contaminated waters. Only about three percent of patients survive.

Doctors say a Florida teen infected with a brain-eating amoeba is defying the odds and will live to tell his story. He contracted the amoeba while swimming in contaminated waters. Only about three percent of patients survive.