Teen Falls Seriously Ill From Bacteria in Lake
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A 15-year-old boy remained in critical condition with a rare bacterial infection he contracted while swimming in a lake.
The boy was swimming July 20 in Lake Talmadge, northeast of Orlando, when a bacteria known as Chromobacterium violaceum entered his body through a cut on his leg, officials said.
A 12-year-old boy died Friday of a rare brain infection after he contracted primary amebic meningoencephalitis while swimming in another group of Florida lakes.
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