Rare Flesh-Eating Disease in Zip Line Accident Caused by Common Bacteria Aimee Copeland Lost Leg to Infection From Zip Line Injury Battling flesh-eating bacteria Flesh-eating bacteria have cost a young woman her left leg and will result in more amputations, but she is defying the "slim to none" odds of survival that doctors gave her, more than a week after a gash to her calf sent her to the emergency room. Flesh-Eating Bacteria: Woman Fights For Life AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Doctors say a woman fighting a flesh-decaying bacteria she contracted after a zip line accident will lose her hands and remaining foot to the infection. But Aimee Copeland's Rare Flesh-Eating Disease Caused by Common Bacteria The rare flesh-eating disease that claimed a Georgia woman's leg and has her fighting for her life was caused by a common bacteria that thrives in warm climates and fresh water. Woman battles flesh-eating disease after accident Doctors say a woman fighting a flesh-decaying bacteria she contracted after a zip line accident will lose her hands and remaining foot to the infection. Watch: College Student Battles Flesh-Eating Bacteria A zip-line accident has one young woman fighting for her life. Woman fights for life after losing leg to flesh-eating bacteria Flesh-eating bacteria have cost a young woman her left leg and will result in more amputations, but she is defying the "slim to none" odds of survival that doctors gave her, more than a week after a gash to her calf sent her to the emergency room. Aimee Copeland o … Flesh-eating bacteria slowly killing woman IT WAS a flying fox accident that went from bad to much, much worse, for holidaying 24-year-old Aimee Copeland. Flesh-eating bacteria attacks woman, leg amputated From NYDailyNews.com: By Erik Ortiz / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A Georgia woman who lost her leg after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria after a zip-lining accident could lose more limbs, her family warned. Aimee Copeland, 24, remains in critical condition at Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga. nearly a week after suffering a cut on her leg that now threatens her life. The bacteria ... Ga. woman, 24, battles flesh-eating bacteria Bacteria that causes necrotizing fasciitis can be spread to others, but often won't cause flesh-eating disease without an open wound or weakened immune system
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