MILWAUKEE (AP) A Wisconsin man was preparing for additional surgeries after having part of his legs and forearms amputated because of a dog lick that led to a rare blood infection, his wife said Thursday.
Greg Manteufel, 48, has been hospitalized since late June, when he went to a Milwaukee-area hospital with flu-like symptoms. He was in good spirits despite having undergone seven surgeries so far, his wife, Dawn Manteufel, told The Associated Press.
She said her husband was heading into the operating room again on Thursday and still had three more surgeries to go, but that he was looking forward to being fitted for prosthetic limbs.
Hes happy to be here. He said he didnt come this far to cry about it and say, Why me? she said.
Her husband was diagnosed with a blood infection caused by capnocytophaga, bacteria that is common in the saliva of cats and dogs but almost never leads to illness, said Dr. Silvia Munoz-Price, an epidemiologist with Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, where Manteufel is being treated.
The doctor said animal lovers have no need to panic: Theyre more likely to die in a car accident than to be infected by the bacteria.
Its extremely rare. Do not get rid of your pets. Continue behaving the same way that you have behaved with your pets up until now, Munoz-Price said.
Dawn Manteufel said her husbands symptoms began on June 26, with a fever and pain in his legs. But then he started experiencing delirium, and bruises and blemishes developed during the short car ride to a hospital in West Bend, Wisconsin, where he was treated initially, she said.
The infection caused Greg Manteufels blood pressure to drop and circulation in his limbs to rapidly decrease, which in itself isnt unusual for blood infections, Munoz-Price said. The infection was quickly cleared with antibiotics, but the problem in Manteufels case was that his body mounted an overwhelming response to this original blood infection and he shut down the circulation of his limbs, the doctor said.
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