'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria Hits Home
A Cartersville landscaper has the third reported case of a severe and life-threatening bacterial infection.
A Cartersville man is fighting the same deadly bacteria as the University of West Georgia grad student whose severe case has made headlines across the country. Landscaper Bobby Vaughn, 32, who also contracted the "flesh-eating bacteria," is recovering after five surgeries, CBS Atlanta reports. Despite a diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis, Vaughn in good spirits, The Daily Tribune News reports. Necrotizing fasciitis is one of the two most severe, but least common, forms of invasive disease that result when Group A Strep, often found in the throat and on the skin, is introduced to parts of the body in which bacteria usually aren't found, such as the blood, muscle or the lungs, according to the CDC. The rapidly progressive disease destroys …
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