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Florida Mom Reveals How a Tiny Cut on Her Leg Led to a Near-Fatal Brush with Flesh-Eating Bacteria - aol.com

"It feels like somebody took gasoline, poured it on my leg, and lit [it] on fire," Genevieve Gallagher, 49, said of contracting the bacteria known as Vibrio ...

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