Tennessee woman undergoes multiple surgeries after contracting flesh-eating bacteria at nail salon: 'She could have lost her finger or her arm'

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Tennessee woman undergoes multiple surgeries after contracting flesh-eating bacteria at nail salon: 'She could have lost her finger or her arm'
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Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, potentially fatal infection caused by several different types of bacteria which move rapidly through the body, attacking the skin and soft tissue.

A Tennessee woman has undergone multiple surgeries to treat an infection of a"flesh-eating bacteria" which she claims she contracted at a nail salon.

Thinking she had the flu, Sharp visited a local medical center, where staff tested her for the virus. However, these results came back negative and a nurse practitioner suggested that the symptoms might be related to her thumb. Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, potentially fatal infection caused by several different types of bacteria which move rapidly through the body, attacking the skin and soft tissue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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