Woman infected with flesh-eating bacteria in fair condition at NEGMC

GAINESVILLE - A Flowery Branch woman is hospitalized at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, battling a flesh-eating bacteria.<br /> <br /> Tamika Compton's family members have set up an online fundraising site for the 25-year-old. A post to the GoFundMe.com site said Compton has already lost large portions of one of her arms to the disease.<br /> <br /> A hospital spokeswoman said Monday afternoon that Compton is reported to be in fair condition.<br /> <br /> There is no word where Compton might have picked up the bacteria.<br /> <br /> In May 2012, Aimee Copeland of Snellville lost both hands, her right foot and her entire left leg to flesh-eating bacteria. Copeland became infected when she cut her leg on a zip-lining excursion in west Georgia.

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