Liberal Run Oregon Child Dies From Flesh-Eating (AIDS) Bacteria After Falling Off His Bike

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A couple of weekends ago, eight-year-old Liam Flanagan fell off
his bike. The open wound on his thigh dripped with blood, and so
his family took their son to the emergency room, reported the
Associated Press. After receiving stitches, all seemed
fine—until it didn't. His flesh was being eaten alive due to a
bacterial infection known as necrotizing fasciitis.

As the AP explained, Liam’s mother, Sara Hebard, and stepfather,
Scott Hinkle, grew concerned on Wednesday when the boy
complained of groin pain. Hinkle looked at Liam’s arm and
instantly knew something was wrong.

"It was purplish-red and gangrenous looking," he said. "We threw
him in the rig and went like hell."

The child had surgery at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton,
Oregon. He was then relocated by an air ambulance to the
Doernbecher Children's Hospital on Thursday, where doctors tried
saving his life through amputation. "They basically cut him up
piece by piece," Hinkle told the AP.

"Almost his whole right side was gone," Hebard said in the
report. "They kept cutting and hoping. Cutting and hoping."

Liam, from Pilot Rock, Oregon, went through several surgeries to
remove the affected soft tissue. But his condition worsened and
he was transferred once again to another hospital. He died
Sunday night.

Doctors believe he contracted the bacteria through soil that
entered his open wound. Now, his parents want others to be extra
cautious about typical childhood bang-ups and aware of flesh-
eating bacteria.

"We don't want any other parents to go through this," Hinkle
said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
necrotizing fasciitis is a skin infection that kills soft
tissue. As it spreads very quickly, an accurate and timely
diagnosis is key in combating the infection, along with
antibiotics and surgery.

Though the condition is extremely rare, several types of
bacteria can cause necrotizing fasciitis including, group A
Streptococcus, Klebsiella, Clostridium, Escherichia coli,
Staphylococcus aureus and Aeromonas hydrophila. Most medical
professionals agree that the group A strep is the most common
cause of the condition.

Earlier this week, a Phoenix woman was diagnosed with the life-
threatening disease after initially being diagnosed with the
flu, USA Today reported. She is believed to have recovered.
Another case of necrotizing fasciitis made the news early in
January after a woman died from contracting the bacteria through
uncooked oysters.

http://www.newsweek.com/oregon-child-dies-flesh-eating-bacteria-
after-falling-his-bike-791373

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What does AIDS have to do with this? While this is one of the diseases you can catch if you have an immune deficiency due to the HIV virus I didn't see any mention of that in the article.

HIV can destroy the immune system leaving you incapable of defending yourself against virtually all problematic infections both bacterial and viral.

However, it must be stated that it is extremely difficult to catch HIV since it must be transferred through blood to blood contact.