Queensland mother Michelle Wardrope loses leg, nearly dies after rare gas gangrene bacteria infects small cut
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Queensland mother Michelle Wardrope loses leg, nearly dies after rare gas gangrene bacteria infects small cut

ABC  

A small cut caused by slipping on her wet driveway cost Michelle Wardrope her leg, and almost claimed her life. "My partner was told I had a 2 per cent chance of survival," Ms Wardrope said. "I still have the phantom leg pains and stuff, so my brain still thinks it's there," she said. Associate Professor Krispin Hajkowicz, a senior staff specialist in infectious diseases at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, said the dangerous bacteria, called clostridium, could be found in all soil. "It's right up there with one of the nastiest bacteria we'll see – it's certainly one of the most challenging," Dr Hajkowicz said.

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