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German man dies after being licked by his dog
Exposure to bacteria commonly found in dogs' mouths was enough to send the man into a deadly septic shock.
A man in Bremen, Germany, died from a very rare infection he developed after his dog licked him, doctors reported last month in the European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine.
According to the report, the unidentified 63-year-old was healthy before coming down with a fever, trouble breathing, leg pain, and a rash of purplish-red splotches on his face and legs.
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Despite antibiotics in the ICU, his organs started failing & he died 16 days later. No word on the status of his dog.
Exposure to bacteria commonly found in dogs' mouths was enough to send the man into a deadly septic shock.
A man in Bremen, Germany, died from a very rare infection he developed after his dog licked him, doctors reported last month in the European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine.
According to the report, the unidentified 63-year-old was healthy before coming down with a fever, trouble breathing, leg pain, and a rash of purplish-red splotches on his face and legs.
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Despite antibiotics in the ICU, his organs started failing & he died 16 days later. No word on the status of his dog.