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UPDATE: Two new cases of necrotizing fasciitis, a potentially deadlyflesh-eating bacterial infection, have been confirmed in Georgia,while another case is suspected in Allegheny County, Penn., asmedia fervor focuses attention on the rare and highly dangerousdisease. Paul Bales had his leg amputated Thursday, after flesh-eatingbacteria infected a cut on his leg. He suffered the cut as he wasremoving a section of dock on Lake Sinclair, in Milledgeville,Georgia. Bales bandaged the cut, but did not seek medical attentionuntil May 5. A week later, he was transferred to the Medical Centerof Central Georgia. Similar circumstances are what sent anotherGeorgia man to the hospital. Bobby Vaughn, a 33-year-old landscaper from Catersville, Georgia,fell ill after getting what he called a very small cut on hisleg while cutting weeds. Now it seems that small cut is behindVaughn s May 4 visit to the same hospital where collegestudent Aimee Copleland was treated for necrotizing fasciitis just weeks ago —and where Vaughn was confirmed as the third case offlesh-eating bacteria in Georgia, according to the Daily Mail . Surgeons at Doctors Hospital in Augusta are now in the process ofrebuilding Vaughn s groin after removing two pounds of tissue inattempt to fight the disease. He has now undergone six surgeriesand faces more in the future. When the cut first swelled, Vaughn went to a hospital inCartersville where he was given antibiotics. Doctors wanted him tostay for observation but Vaughn refused and returned home. When theswollen cut grew from the size of a peanut to the size of agrapefruit, Vaughn went back to the hospital where he was rushed tosurgery. They have to rebuild my groin area, but I m feeling much betternow, Vaughn told the Atlanta Journal Constitution . (MORE: Necrotizing Fasciitis: The Flesh-Eating Disease One GeorgiaGrad Student Is Fighting) Barclay Bishop, spokeswoman for Doctors Hospital, told the Daily Mail that the hospital sees about 50 cases of the flesh-eatingbacteria, called necatoriasis fasciitis, each year. It is highly unlikely that the three widely publicized cases,including those of Copeland and another high-profile victim,new mother Lana Kuykendall , are related to each other. Meanwhile, doctors are waiting to hear the results from tests doneon a man hospitalized in Allegheny County also presumed to fallenvictim to a flesh-eating bacterial infection, according to a CBS News affiliate in Pittsburgh . Dr. Bruce Dixon, Allegheny County Health Department Director,told KDKA news that about a dozen infections surface in the county each year. Thebacterium is a common strain "that you and I come in contactwith every day and don't get ill from." The patient now in the intensive care unit at the JeffersonRegional Medical Center in Pittsburgh was partaking in some sort ofoutdoor activity when his leg was injured. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China Multi Touch Screens , Touchscreen Panel PC, and more. For more , please visit Electronic Interactive Whiteboard today!
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