Wisconsin man contracts rare blood infection from dog
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August 3, 2018
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin man was preparing for additional surgeries after having part of his legs and forearms amputated because of a dog lick that led to a rare blood infection, his wife said Thursday.
Greg Manteufel, 48, has been hospitalized since late June, when he went to a Milwaukee-area hospital with flu-like symptoms. He was in good spirits despite having undergone seven surgeries so far, his wife, Dawn Manteufel, told The Associated Press.
She said her husband was heading into the operating room again on Thursday and still had three more surgeries to go, but that he was looking fo...
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