Aimee Copeland is a 24 year old who contracted a rare flesh-eating bacteria called 'Aeromonas hydrophila' and is able to enter the deeper tissues and destroy them.
Copeland, a psychology student at the University of West Georgia, contracted a rare and fatal disease last May 1 when bathed in Little Tallapoosa River, 65 miles from home.
So, surgeons and amputated part of his left leg, abdomen, and prepared for surgery apply in other areas of the torso while the bacteria continues to be active and moving.
She went out with friends last May 1 near Little Tallapoosa River, about 80 miles west of Atlanta, where he slipped through a pulley suspended by cables that broke homemade.
Three days later, when the pain continued, a friend took her to an emergency room, where she was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, an acute infection that spreads through the subcutaneous tissue and fascia, producing rapid tissue necrosis, with severe condition general condition.
She had contracted the bacteria eater 'Aeromonas hydrophila', which is very common in water and the environment, said Dr. Buddy Creech, an assistant professor of pediatric infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University.
'When you enter the deeper tissues, has a remarkable ability to destroy the surrounding tissues in a game species to feed, "he said. "When you do that, the tissues die and is an inflammation, swelling and destruction that can be very difficult to control," Creech said the doctor.
In most cases, people contract the bacteria by ingesting them leading to diarrhea. However, the case of Copeland Aimee is much rarer. Currently, Copeland provided l is severe, you need to regulate their kidney dialysis and breathes through an auxiliary oxygen.
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