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How the zombie apocalypse starts: Naked attacker found eating man's face

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(2012/05/28) The zombie apocalypse begins, Alan Blueford, Occupy's spirit of solidarity. Published May 28, 2012 | By Citizen Radio. Episode #543 The zombie apocalypse begins, tips for how to survive said zombie apocalypse, third case
The Zombie Apocalypse is Here… Naked Man Shot While Eating Another Naked Man's Face in South Beach. Posted on May 27, [...]

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Flesh-eating bacteria victim struggles for life

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Although it's rare, two cases of flesh-eating bacteria have been in the news lately. Called necrotizing fasciitis, flesh-eating bacteria can enter an open wound (regardless of its size) and begin to destroy skin, fat and other tissue
"Turned into a flesh-eating bacteria that ate his penis centimeter by centimeter," he said, " and as a result [...]

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Flesh-eating bacteria victim struggles for life

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But bacteria that entered through his ankle created a flesh-eating infection that nearly cost him his right leg – and his life. By the next morning, he noticed "a black mark, about the size of a quarter" that he dismissed as a spider bite,
(CNN) — A South Carolina woman undergoing treatment for infection with a [...]

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Flesh-eating bacteria victim Aimee Copeland on amputations: "Let's do this"

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A 65-year-old man who underwent penile implant surgery at a Florida hospital in 2007 is suing the anesthesiologist who assisted in performing the operation for malpractice, claiming that his negligence led to an infection that
A third case of flesh-eating bacteria has emerged with ties to Georgia, myFOXatlanta reported. A landscaper from Cartersville is in critical [...]

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Flesh-eating bacteria victim Aimee Copeland on amputations: "Let's do this"

CBS News

The Georgia grad student suffering from a life-threatening flesh-eating bacteria that she contracted after gashing her leg in a river is suffering from an extremely rare form of the infection. Aimee Copeland has a rare condition, called necrotizing
Joe Tapper of Bloomfield had to under several surgeries to reconstruct his face after he became infected with [...]

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Early notice of flesh-eating bacteria may have saved mom

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Lana Kuykendall, a 36-year-old mother to newborn twins, is in critical condition as she fights off a flesh-eating bacteria, just days after a Georgia woman was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis. NBC's Gabe Gutirrez reports.
WLOS ABC 13 News :: Top Stories – Flesh Eating Bacteria – A Jackson County teenager says she almost lost her sight [...]

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Flesh-eating condition caused by common bacteria

CNN Internat

But mention flesh eating bacteria, and you can watch the cowboy cringe. The bacteria attacked Oliver's left arm five years ago and 52-year-old man nearly died. “I didn't know if he was going to make it or not,” said his wife Shannon.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — After 10 days in the hospital, a Georgia graduate student fighting [...]

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Flesh-eating bacteria risk rare despite Ga. student case

USA TODAY

VCU doctor explains case of Georgia woman, and discusses similar cases he has seen in Virginia.
"Fun" is not the word that one would expect to hear from a father as he watches a daughter's courageous struggle against flesh-eating bacteria — a battle that has pushed her to the brink of death and back — but [...]

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Girl With Flesh-Eating Disease Faces 'Horror,' 'Depression'

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By NewsOne Staff A Ugandan boy is struggling to stay alive after his 10-year-old legs swelled to the size of small tree trunks and, soon after, caught the vicious flesh eating bacteria disease, the Daily Mail reports. Dubbed, quite cruelly, as the
WLOS ABC 13 News :: Top Stories – Flesh Eating Bacteria – A Jackson [...]

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Family enjoys laughter even as college student battles flesh-eating bacteria

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WLOS ABC 13 News :: Top Stories – Flesh Eating Bacteria – A Jackson County teenager says she almost lost her sight after contracting a rare infection from fle.
By Ed Payne, CNN (CNN) — "Fun" is not the word that one would expect to hear from a father as he watches a daughter's courageous struggle [...]

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