Flesh-Eating Infection Strikes Fishermen, Surfer

Several fishermen and at least one surfer in Volusia County, Fla., have reportedly contracted an infection that eats at their flesh, according to a Local 6 News report. Harbrodt said the infection spread across her son's body in less than a day. "There was a large space vacant of skin, and it was oozing," Harbrodt said. Fisherman Jim Freeman told Local 6 News that he knows of eight fishing boat captains infected with MRSA. "It starts out as a white pimple, but the minute you pop that pimple it starts boring," Freeman said. "It will go to the bone. Doctors say once it goes to the bone, you either have to cut your arm off or cut your leg off."

Excuse me while I run down the street screaming.

Posted by flow Frazao on October 22, 2003 at 01:22 PM | Permalink