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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy remained in critical condition Saturday 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.

The teenager's identity was not released.

Dr. Jaime Carrizosa, the infectious disease specialist for Florida Hospital-Orlando, where the boy is being treated, said the teen was fortunate blood cultures identified the bacteria quickly.

Treating the infection as early as possible is essential, he said.

``This kid is coming through,'' Carrizosa said.

A 12-year-old boy died Friday in the same hospital from a rare brain infection he caught while swimming in another group of lakes in central Florida. He contracted primary amebic meningoencephalitis after inhaling some microscopic one-celled organisms, hospital officials said.

His name was not released.

``It's frightening when a tiny little bug can cause such devastation to a child,'' said Dr. Steven Wiersma, epidemiologist for the Florida Department of Health.

Only 150 cases of the amoeba infection have ever been reported, Wiersma said. Only 50 cases of the chromobacterium infection have been recorded