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Charlie Jones

Man infected with flesh-eating bacteria after being bitten by relative in huge family brawl

A man was left unable to walk after being bitten by a relative during a family brawl and picking up a gruesome flesh-eating bacteria.

Donnie Adams, of Tampa Bay, Florida, nearly lost his leg after the bacteria entered his body from an open bite wound he received trying to break up a fight at a family gathering.

Thankfully a quick-thinking doctor got the 52-year-old to the operating theatre and saved not only his leg, but his life.

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