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4th Victim Loses Leg to Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Paul Bales cut himself working on dock in Lake Sinclair

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted May 25, 2012 12:03 AM CDT | Updated May 25, 2012 2:34 AM CDT

(Newser) – An astounding third victim in Georgia—the fourth in recent weeks in the Southeast—has been infected by a flesh-eating bacteria and has already lost his leg to the disease. Paul Bales cut his leg three weeks ago while removing a section of dock on...   Read full story »

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