Using tap water for nasal-rinsing devices was linked to a potentially dangerous amoeba in a new study published by CDC researchers.
Using tap water for neti pots and other nasal-rinsing devices was linked to a potentially dangerous amoeba in a new study published by researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The research, published on Tuesday, tied a type of amoeba known as acanthamoeba with the use of such nasal-rinsing devices. Acanthamoeba infections are rare, affecting only an estimated three to 12 people annually in the U.S. However, 82% of cases are fatal, the researchers said.
Three of the patients died, according to the CDC. The agency noted that the number of patients who survived "is unexpectedly high considering the typical fatality rate for Acanthamoeba infection." The researchers noted that while nasal rinsing may have led to the infections, it was not "definitively determined to be the route of transmission for any case." Health officials previously tied deaths from a brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, to nasal rinsing.
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