{"id":1151843,"date":"2026-08-27T11:16:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/1151843\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:16:55","slug":"etats-unis-une-fillette-de-8-ans-meurt-damibes-mangeuses-de-cerveau-apres-setre-baignee-dans-un-lac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/1151843\/","title":{"rendered":"Etats-Unis\u00a0: Une fillette de 8 ans meurt d\u2019amibes \u00ab\u00a0mangeuses de cerveau\u00a0\u00bb apr\u00e8s s\u2019\u00eatre baign\u00e9e dans un lac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Une fillette de huit ans, originaire de Louisiane, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 infect\u00e9e par Naegleria fowleri, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.20minutes.fr\/monde\/etats-unis\/4166084-20250731-etats-unis-enfant-12-ans-tue-amibe-mangeuse-cerveau-parents-decident-sensibiliser-public\" class=\"c-link c-link--is-underlined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">une amibe \u00ab\u00a0mangeuse de cerveau\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>, \u00e0 la suite d\u2019une baignade dans le lac de Clairborne. Hospitalis\u00e9e depuis le 15\u00a0ao\u00fbt, elle est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e samedi, un jour apr\u00e8s avoir f\u00eat\u00e9 son anniversaire, a annonc\u00e9 sa famille dans une <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/loveforlilliansmart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link c-link--is-underlined\">publication Facebook publique sur la page \u00ab\u00a0Love for Lillian\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Le d\u00e9partement de la sant\u00e9 de Louisiane a confirm\u00e9 le 19\u00a0ao\u00fbt le d\u00e9c\u00e8s d\u2019une patiente sans donner l\u2019identit\u00e9 de la victime. Ce sont des amis de la famille qui ont par la suite identifi\u00e9 Lillian comme \u00e9tant la victime, rapporte <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/aug\/23\/child-dies-brain-eating-amoeba-infection-louisiana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link c-link--is-underlined\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Une infection presque toujours mortelle<\/p>\n<p>Les infections \u00e0 Naegleria fowleri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midilibre.fr\/2026\/08\/24\/elle-setait-baignee-dans-un-lac-une-fillette-de-8-ans-meurt-contaminee-dune-amibe-mangeuse-de-cerveau-apres-une-baignade-dans-un-lac-13521240.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link c-link--is-underlined\">sont extr\u00eamement rares<\/a>, mais presque toujours mortelle. Selon le <a href=\"https:\/\/ldh.la.gov\/news\/7696\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link c-link--is-underlined\">D\u00e9partement de la sant\u00e9 de Louisiane<\/a> (LDH), cette amibe prolif\u00e8re dans les eaux chaudes et douces. On la trouve notamment dans les lacs, les rivi\u00e8res, les canaux et les \u00e9tangs des <a href=\"https:\/\/www.20minutes.fr\/monde\/etats-unis\/\" class=\"c-link c-link--is-underlined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00c9tats-Unis<\/a>. Elle est absente des eaux sal\u00e9es et des piscines correctement entretenues et chlor\u00e9es. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.20minutes.fr\/dossier\/cerveau\" class=\"c-link c-link--is-underlined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elle peut provoquer<\/a> une m\u00e9ningo-enc\u00e9phalite amibienne primitive (MEAP), une infection c\u00e9r\u00e9brale qui peut survenir lorsque de l\u2019eau contamin\u00e9e par l\u2019amibe remonte par le nez et atteint le cerveau.<\/p>\n<p>Toujours <a href=\"https:\/\/ldh.la.gov\/page\/about-ldh\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link c-link--is-underlined\">selon le LDH<\/a>, les sympt\u00f4mes d\u2019une infection d\u00e9butent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement par de violents maux de t\u00eate, de la fi\u00e8vre, des naus\u00e9es et des vomissements, puis \u00e9voluent vers une raideur de la nuque, des convulsions et un coma pouvant entra\u00eener la mort. Les sympt\u00f4mes apparaissent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement cinq jours apr\u00e8s l\u2019infection, mais ce d\u00e9lai peut varier d\u2019un \u00e0 douze jours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Une fillette de huit ans, originaire de Louisiane, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 infect\u00e9e par Naegleria fowleri, une&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1151844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,3348,847,73,118,1011,27,72,13849,22815,226,74,71,5699],"class_list":["post-1151843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sante","tag-actualite","tag-drame","tag-enfant","tag-etats-unis","tag-faits-divers","tag-fr","tag-france","tag-health","tag-infection","tag-louisiane","tag-maladie","tag-monde","tag-sante","tag-sante-publique"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@fr\/117167197080304652","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1151844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}