Afula hospital saves man from deadly pond fish bacteria

Written by:
Hans Kruit, 29 October 2013

A 64-year-old Upper Nazareth man almost lost his foot when he was “stabbed” by the bacteriainfected fins of a live tilapia (a.k.a. amnoon, musht and St. Peter’s fish) he had put in a bag after purchasing it to take home for dinner.

Emek Medical Center in Afula reported on Sunday that doctors had saved man’s foot, whose infection resulted from Vibrio vulnificus bacteria that thrive on pond fish.

Shlomo Lankri was discharged and sent home over the weekend after two months in the hospital that included two operations.


source: Jerusalem Post

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