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To: Road Walker who wrote (270016)	1/25/2006 8:18:31 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573532

I figured I better back that one up... it was a "flesh eating" bacteria, not virus... Hispanic Group To Investigate Flesh Bacteria Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at 3:29pm A Hispanic advocacy group says it will investigate a case of flesh-eating bacteria that led to a woman's arms and legs being amputated. The group says a Sanford woman checked into a Longwood hospital to give birth and got the flesh-eating disorder. ORLANDO (AP) Her four limbs were amputated 12 days later. A Los Angeles-based group that focuses on health issues of Hispanics says it will do an independent investigation. Medical records show that on April 28th, 24-year-old Claudia Mejia entered Orlando Regional South Seminole Hospital and gave birth to a healthy boy. She then contracted an aggressive form of streptococcus that resisted conventional treatment. Medical records show Mejia went into shock, gangrene set in, and her kidneys began to fail. She was later transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, where doctors were forced to amputate all four limbs to save her life. (WFTV Image)

To: Road Walker who wrote (270016)	1/25/2006 8:45:07 PM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 1573532

The mother's four limbs are amputated after she gives birth? Unbelievable. Incompetent hospitals have dirty hygiene.

To: Road Walker who wrote (270016)	1/27/2006 2:54:40 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573532

There was a thing on the local radio news (OK, it was clear channel so may not be true) about a woman who went into a local hospital for routine surgery and caught a "flesh eating virus" that necessitated cutting off both arms and both legs to save her life!!! Oh that's a Streptococcus bacteria.......its been around for a few years. I am surprised you've never heard of it. People die from it regularly. It either got more virulent because of pencillin and other antibiotics, or its a new variation......I can't remember which.