Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Zip Line Outing Turns Into Battle for Life Blood drive set flesheating bacteria survivor Student fighting mouths questions to parents Parents read lips of Georgia woman with after zipline accident use lipreading communicate daughter battling Victim now able her via sign language fights life Woman disease remains critical battles Jury orders Spectrum Health pay $755 000 Grand Rapids who developed Q&A Flesheating and how they attack Aimee Copeland Likely Lose Fingers But Improving germ rare especially the healthy

Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infection. Flesh-eating bacteria case: Could a simple drug have cured it? Microscopic image of Aeromonas hydrophila, bacterium believed to be responsible for flesh-eating disease that has stricken a Georgia woman. ( Associated Press / UTMB-Galveston / May 15 , 2012 ) Flesh-eating bacteria: Any cases in Virginia? VCU doctor explains case of Georgia woman, and discusses similar cases he has seen in Virginia. Q&A: Flesh-eating bacteria and how they attack ATLANTA -- Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. Flesh-Eating Bacteria — What You Should Know KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Necrotizing fasciitis. It's making headlines after 24-year-old Aimee Copeland contracted the disease in a zip lining... Flesh-eating bacteria cases occur about 750 times a year, but Georgia woman's especially rare ATLANTA - Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infection. Flesh Eating Bacteria and Lupus Aimee Copeland, the young Georgia woman battling infection with flesh-eating bacteria, reportedly has lupus. In this expert Q&A, rheumatologist Chaim Putterman discusses lupus and the risk of necrotizing fasciitis. Flesh-eating bacteria explained Doctors have amputated one of victim's legs and part of her abdomen It sounds like something out of a horror film - a micro-organism that enters through an open wound and begins to consume your body from the inside out. Woman with flesh-eating bug mouths 'Where am I?' After 10 days in the hospital, a Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating infection isn't letting the breathing tube in her throat stop her from mouthing questions such as "Where am I?" and "How long have I been here?" Hopes high as student battles flesh-eating bacteria "Fun" is not the word that one would expect to hear from a father as he watches a daughter's courageous struggle against flesh-eating bacteria -- a battle that has pushed her to the brink of death and back -- but Andy Copeland says he's trying to enjoy life with his family despite their trials.
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