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Flesh-eating bacteria: Lisa-Maria Carter sues Tampa hospital after losing hands and feet | Daily Mail Online Feedback Monday, May 15th 2017 1PM 81°F 4PM 84°F 5-Day Forecast Home U.K. News Sports U.S. Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel Columnists Latest Headlines News World News Arts Headlines Pictures Most read Wires Login Woman, 46, who went to hospital for Site Web routine cyst removal and left with no hands or feet after contracting flesh- eating bacteria sues doctors 'who botched operation' By LYDIA WARREN PUBLISHED: 14:31 EDT, 22 June 2012 | UPDATED: 14:59 EDT, 22 June 2012 14 View comments A woman who went to hospital to have a cyst removed and ended up in a coma with no hands or feet after her body was ravaged by a flesh-eating bacteria is suing the hospital she claims botched her operation. A lawsuit filed by Lisa-Maria Carter, 46, claims Dr. Larry Glazerman mistakenly sliced through her small bowel when carrying out the procedure in Tampa, Florida and sewed her up without realising. The suit claims that necrotizing fasciitis bacteria lurks in the intestine harmlessly but can cause infections if it is pierced - which caused a massive infection, internal damage and limb loss for Carter. Scroll down for video Like Follow Daily Mail @DailyMail Follow +1 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2163297/Flesh-eating-bacteria-Lisa-Maria-Carter-sues-Tampa-hospital-losing-hands-feet.html[5/15/2017 12:39:15 PM] Flesh-eating bacteria: Lisa-Maria Carter sues Tampa hospital after losing hands and feet | Daily Mail Online Daily Mail Daily Mail FEMAIL TODAY Kardashian bots! Kim and Khloe look like living dolls as they pose together in matching plunging outfits Duo sizzled in racy new photos Squeezing in that last- minute pampering! 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She underwent a further eight operations in 12 days as surgeons tried to beat the bacteria, cutting away parts of her stomach, intestines and muscle. She was medicated for low blood pressure, yet the blood flow to her extremities was constricted, meaning her hands and feet, as well as her forearms and lower legs, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2163297/Flesh-eating-bacteria-Lisa-Maria-Carter-sues-Tampa-hospital-losing-hands-feet.html[5/15/2017 12:39:15 PM] Flesh-eating bacteria: Lisa-Maria Carter sues Tampa hospital after losing hands and feet | Daily Mail Online had to be amputated. 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