Lillian Smart murió tras contraer una infección por Naegleria fowleri, una ameba que vive en aguas dulces cálidas. Las autoridades creen que el contagio ocurrió mientras nadaba en un lago del norte de Luisiana.

Lillian Smart of Ruston infected with fatal Naegleria fowleri, likely after swimming in Lake Claiborne, health officials say

Doctors did all they could to stop the horror brain-eating amoeba from claiming little Lillian's life, but the infection became too great for her to overcome