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Patients at Miami-Dade County Jail Found to Be at Risk

Miami New Times | September 7, 2004

The leg of a Miami-Dade County jail inmate became so badly infected with virulent, drug-resistant bacteria that it may have to be amputated, and the infection has spread to other inmates.

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Tags: Florida, antibiotics, attorney Jason Wandner, Corrections and Rehabilitation Department, Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, inmate David Famiglietti, Jackson Memorial Hospital, medical compliance officer, public health issue, Robert Gonzalez, Staphylococcus aureus MRSA, crime & justice

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