An Ohio woman was forced to undergo numerous amputations after she was infected by a bacteria that turned out to be from a dog’s saliva, her family said Thursday.
Marie Trainer had both her arms and legs partially amputated and still may need more surgeries, Gina Premier, her step-daughter, told ABC News.
Doctors said she was suffering from both liver and kidney failure but were not sure what was causing it, prompting Premier and Trainer’s husband to move her to a different hospital for a higher level of care. “We didn’t know if she was going to live or die because we didn’t know what was causing this,” Premier said. “We didn’t know what it was but the bacteria that was causing this was causing her limbs to die.”
Most people who have contact with a dog or cat do not become sick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . In June 2018, a Wisconsin man had his legs amputated just below the knee and his forearms amputated after he was infected with capnocytophaga, according to the Associated Press. He underwent 10 surgeries.
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