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Sunday, August 5, 2018

Surgeons Have Amputated the Legs and Hands of a Wisconsin Man Who Contracted a Rare Blood Infection From a Dog Lick


West Bend, Wisconsin - Surgeons have amputated the legs and hands of a Wisconsin man who contracted a rare blood infection from a dog lick.

Greg Manteufel remains hospitalized at a Milwaukee area hospital.

Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin infectious disease specialist Dr. Silvia Munoz-Price says the bacteria that invaded Manteufel's body comes from the saliva of a dog.

She says the infection caused Manteufel's blood pressure to drop and circulation in his limbs to decrease rapidly.

His wife, Dawn Manteufel, says her 48-year-old husband was perfectly healthy until he began having flu-like symptoms that landed him in the hospital. The bacteria attacked quickly and aggressively.

Munoz-Price says the infection is rare, adding that 99 percent of people with dogs will never contract the bacteria.



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