- The rare flesh-eating disease that claimed a Georgia womans leg and has her fighting for her life was caused by a common bacteria that thrives in warm climates and fresh water. (ABC News)
- The father of a hospitalized 24-year-old woman who contracted flesh-eating bacteria after a zip line accident described the ordeal as "the most horrific situation that a parent can possibly imagine. (Time)
- Aimee Copeland severely cut her left leg while zip-lining in a friends backyard near Carrollton last week. She contracted a flesh-eating bacteria infection that forced doctors to amputate the leg. (MyFox Atlanta)
- A University of West Georgia graduate psychology student is fighting for her life with a flesh-eating bacteria after falling off a homemade zip line and cutting her leg, CNN affiliate WSB reports. (CNN (blog))
- Twenty-four year old graduate student Aimee Copeland is fighting a life-threatening case of flesh-eating disease after a seemingly minor mishap with a zip line. (HULIQ.com)
- Insofar as really, really bad diseases/injuries/parasites I never ever want to get, flesh-eating bacteria is definitely at the top of the list. (The Stir)
- She was using a homemade zip line last Tuesday when the line snapped, leading to a cut through her calf. She went to a doctor, received stitches and left the hospital. But in the following days, repeated visits to the doctor didnt help the pain. (Huffington Post)
- Aimee Copeland was put on life support and had her leg amputated after a freak zip-line accident left her with a cut leg and a flesh-eating bacteria. (Huffington Post)
- The home-made zip line broke. Copeland fell, causing a deep gash to her leg. Doctors believe the bacteria entered her body through the injury that required nearly two dozen staples to close. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
- The home-made zip line broke. Copeland fell, causing a deep gash to her leg. Doctors believe the fateful bacteria entered her body through the injury that required nearly two dozen staples to close. (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Zip line
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