Man has limbs amputated after being licked by dog

WEST BEND, WI (WITI/CNN) — A Wisconsin man needed several amputations after he contracted a blood infection after being licked by a dog.

Dawn Manteufel said her husband was perfectly healthy, but what they initially thought was the flu landed Greg in the emergency room.

“It hit him with a vengeance. Just bruising all over him. Looked like somebody beat him up with a baseball bat,” said Dawn Manteufel.

She said life as they knew it changed forever. In late June, blood tests revealed an infection caused by the bacteria capnocytophaga.

“It took a week and they were taking his legs,” said Dawn Manteufel.

The infection very likely entered Greg’s system by something common — getting licked by a dog, probably his own.

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