Zachary Reyna, Florida Boy, Infected With Brain-Eating Amoeba Amoebic Meningoencephalitis [VIDEO]

Naegleria fowleri usually infects people when contaminated water enters the body through the nose. Once the ameba enters the nose, it travels to the brain where it causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, which is usually fatal. CDC.com

A rare brain-eating parasite has been discovered in another young child in less than a month. The Centers for Disease Control have confirmed the amoeba, called Naegleria fowleri, which is currently affecting 12-year-old, Zachary Reyna.

Reyna's family revealed that Zachary was kneeboarding with friends in a water-filled ditch by his house in Fort Meyers on August 3, following the activity the normally energetic 12-year-old slept the entire next day.

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Noting that the entire day of sleeping was unusual for Zachary, his mother immediately rushed him to the hospital. He underwent brain surgery and doctors diagnosed him with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, according to WBBH. Following the surgery he was admitted to the intensive care unit at the Miami Children's Hospital.

According to CNN, the CDC has already contacted Reyna's family and after contacting Zachary's primary physician, they have released the same experimental drug used to treat Kali Hardig of Arkansas. Kali Hardig -- another 12-year-old who was infected with the same rare brain-eating parasite, a mere month ago. However, while most parasite cases are always deadly, Hardig did in fact survive and her condition has been upgraded to "fair," according to hospital spokesperson Tom Bonner.

Despite the success of the experimental drug in the Hardig case, it is still unclear if the drug has been, or if it will be, administered to Reyna.

The doctors who treated Hardig and now the doctors treating Reyna are using very experimental and new techniques considering the rarity of the parasite. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, of the 128 known cases in the past half-century, just two patients have survived an infection caused by this microscopic organism.

The microscopic organism that infected these two children is Naegleria fowleri. The brain-eating amoeba is located in hot springs and warm, fresh water, most often in the southeastern United States, and causes a devastating brain infection.

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