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Taking Antibiotics For Extreme Reverse Corporal Botulinum. Is It A Serious Disease?

my friend has been diagnosed with extreme reverse corporal botulinum (spelling is correct ) please tell me how serious this is, he is 60. This is a flesh eating disease...he is on a powerful antibiotic of only 6 pills. Have you heard of this? The site I clicked on said the doctor answer would be FREE.
Tue, 1 Apr 2014
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Hello,
It may be a disease due to Clostridium botulinum. Yes. It is a serious disease.

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Taking Antibiotics For Extreme Reverse Corporal Botulinum. Is It A Serious Disease?

Hello, It may be a disease due to Clostridium botulinum. Yes. It is a serious disease. Hope this helps.