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What Is The Prognosis For A Person Infected With Flesh Eating Bacteria?
I have a friend in ICU with a flesh eating infection (sorry I dont know the spelling of what it is called) but they have had to remove an arm, brest and a large part of her stomach. They are saying that it is eating 1 - 2 inches of her per hour and that she is now looking at loosing her legs. she is on a resporator and alot of IVs and drainage tubes. what is a persons chances of suriving this type of infection?
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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hi sir, welcome to HCM, i understand ur problem, it depends on severity of infection, maybe she is not responding for higher antibiotics also... becoz she is in ICU, they will use all types of antibiotics with care... hope u understand my answer, thank u
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