Naval Officer Infected With Deadly Bacteria
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<i> from a Times Staff Writer</i>
SAN DIEGO — A 22-year-old Navy officer training to become an elite SEAL commando has been infected with a deadly form of bacteria--often mistakenly called flesh-eating bacteria--that has killed two people in Southern California in recent months, a Navy spokesman said Monday.
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