Gross medical negligence and patient ignorance
Had this wound been irrigated with simple hydrogen peroxide initially, this very probably would never had happened. I never go anywhere without it. Had competent docs. looked at her blood early on this would likely not have happened because anti-biotics would have taken care of it in the early stages. From what I read it isn't only a water hazzard, but occurs in most warm environments - wet and dry. I had a friend that got a similar infection, probably a Staph - in Texas while hunting - from a barbed wire fence scratch. Lost a lot of abdomen skin.