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Man suspects wife caught fatal flesh-eating bacteria in Clearwater hot tub
WFLA ^

Posted on 05/11/2018 7:15:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin

As they normally do, they stayed at the Days Inn on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard.

Richard says Carol even spent some time relaxing in the hotel hot tub.

But when they got home to Indianapolis, Richard says she found an unusual sore.

"She had like a pimple come up on her right butt cheek. She said it was kind of painful," he said.

After two doctor visits and various antibiotics, he says the sore continued to grow.

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Carol was rushed into surgery and spent 16 days in the ICU.

Then just days after being released, the virus was too much for Carol's body. She died at home.

Richard isn't 100 percent sure where she got it. However, he suspects it was from the hotel hot tub.

"... but she was the only one who got in the hot tub,"

(Excerpt) Read more at wfla.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Travel
KEYWORDS: clearwater; flesheatingbacteria; hottub
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1 posted on 05/11/2018 7:15:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

The virus was too much for her?

Flesh eating bacteria is not a virus. So much for editing.


2 posted on 05/11/2018 7:17:20 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: BenLurkin

A public hot tub is nothing more than a warm bacteria bath.

And a public pool is a cool bacteria bath.

And a water park is...


3 posted on 05/11/2018 7:17:58 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: chris37

I’m old school. I get my flesh-eating bacteria the old way . . . in the ocean and my shark bites. . . and jellyfish stings


4 posted on 05/11/2018 7:21:02 PM PDT by BipolarBob (All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.)
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To: BenLurkin

As a little kid I never head of flesh eating bacteria. When did this all come about? Is it some lab experiment gone wrong that unleashed it?


5 posted on 05/11/2018 7:23:30 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The FBI is the Mob)
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To: BipolarBob

Vibrio is all over the Gulf and also in brackish water.

Scary stuff!


6 posted on 05/11/2018 7:25:30 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: Snickering Hound
"Flesh eating bacteria is not a virus. So much for editing."

There has been an epidemic of bad science article editing for at least a decade. Those expensive liberal arts educations appear worthless.
7 posted on 05/11/2018 7:33:14 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: BipolarBob

A friend of mine contracted a vibrio infection due to fishing in the surf off the Florida panhandle. He was hospitalized for a month and suffered long term damage that contributed to his disability and early death within a decade.


8 posted on 05/11/2018 7:33:29 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Flick Lives

MRSA, or Methicillin Resistant Staphycoccus Aureus, is responsible for a variety of infections that patients often acquire in the hospital. The sudden emergence of MRSA and other drug resistant bacteria may be due in part to over prescribing and overuse of antibiotics.


9 posted on 05/11/2018 7:43:33 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: chris37

“A public hot tub is nothing more than a warm bacteria bath.

And a public pool is a cool bacteria bath.”


Public pools are highly chlorinated. Bacteria die instantaneously upon contact with pool water. Hot tubs are a different animal.


10 posted on 05/11/2018 7:44:52 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
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To: lee martell

“MRSA, or Methicillin Resistant Staphycoccus Aureus, is responsible for a variety of infections that patients often acquire in the hospital. The sudden emergence of MRSA and other drug resistant bacteria may be due in part to over prescribing and overuse of antibiotics.”


I don’t think anything is bleach-resistant, though. If the public hot tub was problematic in terms of chlorine levels, there may be a lawsuit in the works.


11 posted on 05/11/2018 7:46:58 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
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To: Zhang Fei

“Bacteria die instantaneously upon contact with pool water.”

Nope.


12 posted on 05/11/2018 7:48:44 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: chris37

Was this a public (outdoor/open to all guests) hot tub? Or, an in room/bathtub hot tub?

Freaky, nonetheless.


13 posted on 05/11/2018 7:52:14 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: BenLurkin
The bacteria behind necrotizing fasciitis tend to like water, so if you have any open wounds (or even a killer sunburn), avoid hitting up the hot tub or jumping in a lake.

So remember that vacationers.

14 posted on 05/11/2018 7:55:06 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: BenLurkin

On a cruise ship, I look at the hot tub and those who congregate near it and cringe. Many, many “alternate lifestyle” passengers on cruises. Nothing could make me step a foot in that tub. Nothing.


15 posted on 05/11/2018 7:56:49 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Many employees of today are quick to complain if somebody is using unscented Clorox Bleach or Pine Sol too close to their work station.
Some are troubled if the landscaper is seen using RoundUp for weed control. They think the spray residue will be blown inside the building from windy conditions. Some just worry too much.

Certain hospitals may have changed their standard cleaning formulas to accommodate such complainers before OSHA gets their dander up and starts sniffing around for other violations.


16 posted on 05/11/2018 7:59:25 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

Got mine at the VA hospital in San Diego, cost me my toes, caught a different one that cost me my leg. The Va says I am Not disabled


17 posted on 05/11/2018 8:14:50 PM PDT by Foolsgold (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: Zhang Fei

Heat drastically reduces the effectiveness of bleach. IE: You don’t wash whites with bleach in hot water.


18 posted on 05/11/2018 8:17:09 PM PDT by The Bugler
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To: Foolsgold

How can they say that you are not disabled?
Is it because if they admit complicity or fault, then you would likely be due full disability? I’m guessing it’s all about money or a medical teams’ pride and reputation.

Hopefully, you have received legal counsel to find out what your choices are, if indeed there are any choices.
Good luck to you.


19 posted on 05/11/2018 8:26:24 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: BenLurkin

The hotel I stayed at when I had to evacuate because of hurricane Irma.


20 posted on 05/11/2018 8:40:00 PM PDT by Retired Chemist
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