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Nicoletta Lanese

Diagnostic dilemma: Man caught rabies from organ transplant after donor was scratched by skunk

An adult skunk standing in a field of grass.

The patient: A man in Michigan

The symptoms: The man received a left kidney transplant in an Ohio hospital, and about five weeks later, he began experiencing tremors, weakness in his lower extremities and urinary incontinence, as well as confusion.

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