Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Capnocytophaga infection – USA: (WI) quadruple amputation

PRO/AH/EDR> Capnocytophaga infection – USA: (WI) quadruple amputation

Other Human Disease -- United StatesA 48-year-old man with a history of good health and who has spent his life around dogs was forced to have all of his limbs amputated after contracting a rare blood infection that likely came from his own pooch. The man of West Bend, WI landed in the emergency room last month [June 2018] with what he thought was the flu, Fox 6 Now reported."It hit him with a vengeance," his wife, told the news outlet. "Just bruising all over him. Looked like somebody beat him up Read more [...]