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Ga. man becomes third high-profile case of necrotizing fasciitis
By Michelle Castillo
(CBS News) - A third case of flesh-eating bacterial infection necrotizing fasciitis has come to light. Thirty two-year-old Bobby Vaughn of Cartersville, Ga. will undergo his sixth surgery to combat necrotizing fasciitis on Tuesday.
"It went from the size of a little peanut to a grapefruit fast, whatever it was," Vaughn told CBS affiliate WGCL in Atlanta, Ga. "I lost a lot of tissue that was in there."
Vaughn, who has been in the hospital since May 4, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he believes got the disease after getting a "very small cut on his leg" near his groin area when he was trimming weeds.
"I just out of the blue wasn't feeling real well, and I went over and sat in my truck for a minute, and I was feeling real hot, and I started vomiting, you know, so we just stopped for the day," Vaughn told WGCL.
He's hasn't lost any limbs from the fast-spreading infection, but two pounds of tissue have been removed to try and stay ahead of the bacteria, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Ga. man becomes third high-profile case of necrotizing fasciitis
By Michelle Castillo
(CBS News) - A third case of flesh-eating bacterial infection necrotizing fasciitis has come to light. Thirty two-year-old Bobby Vaughn of Cartersville, Ga. will undergo his sixth surgery to combat necrotizing fasciitis on Tuesday.
"It went from the size of a little peanut to a grapefruit fast, whatever it was," Vaughn told CBS affiliate WGCL in Atlanta, Ga. "I lost a lot of tissue that was in there."
Vaughn, who has been in the hospital since May 4, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he believes got the disease after getting a "very small cut on his leg" near his groin area when he was trimming weeds.
"I just out of the blue wasn't feeling real well, and I went over and sat in my truck for a minute, and I was feeling real hot, and I started vomiting, you know, so we just stopped for the day," Vaughn told WGCL.
He's hasn't lost any limbs from the fast-spreading infection, but two pounds of tissue have been removed to try and stay ahead of the bacteria, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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