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Posted: Mon 11:37 PM, Sep 24, 2012
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Updated: Mon 11:48 AM, Oct 01, 2012

Man Diagnosed with Flesh Eating Bacteria After Swimming in a Bainbridge River

Bainbridge, GA - September 24, 2012

A Bainbridge man has been diagnosed with flesh eating bacteria disease by doctors in Atlanta.

The man had been snorkeling in Flint River in Bainbridge a few weeks ago and local doctors treated him with antibiotics for a couple of weeks.

He was then sent to Atlanta and the doctor that handled the other case was brought in and made a definitive diagnosis.

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