Man Dies Four Days After Exposure to Flesh-eating Bacteria

In a story that could come straight from a horror movie, an Arizona man has died four days after developing a flesh-eating bacteria infection. According to DelmarvaNow, Michael Funk began to feel ill on Sept. 11 in his Ocean City, Maryland, condo. He had been cleaning crab pots. After being transported to a local hospital, surgeons removed a portion of infected skin from his leg. He was later sent to a shock trauma hospital in Baltimore where his leg was amputated. "It was very...

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