A generally healthy 63-year-old man in the New England area went to the hospital with a fever, cough and vision problems in his right eye. His doctors eventually determined that a dangerous hypervirulent bacteria – which is increasing globally – was causing damage to many of his organs, including his brain.
According to the man, the problems began three weeks before he went to the hospital, when he said he ate some spoiled meat and started vomiting and diarrhea. Those symptoms subsided after about two weeks, but then new problems started – he started having cough, chills and fever. From here his cough got worse.
At the hospital, doctors took X-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans of his chest and abdomen. The images showed more than 15 nodules and masses in his lungs. But that’s not all they got. Imaging also revealed a mass in his liver that was 8.6 cm (about 3.4 inches) in diameter. Lab work pointed to infection, so doctors admitted him to the hospital and gave him oxygen as well as antibiotics to help his breathing. But his chills and cough continued.
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