How 12-Year-Old Contracted Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Twelve-year-old Kylei Parker from Indiana is learning how to walk again after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria while on vacation in Florida. Not paying much attention to the scrape she got on her toe while skateboarding, she waded into the water, where a deadly bacteria passed through that open cut. The tween was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, an aggressive flesh-eating bacteria. The young girl is warning others to stay out of the water this summer if they have open wounds.
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