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A Florida woman suffered partially-collapsed lungs after contracting a deadly infection from a burger.
The unnamed patient, 32, who suffered a 'cracking noise' when she breathed, went to doctors after 10 days of struggling to catch her breath and dealing with a hacking cough.
She was prescribed antibiotics, but when they failed, she was hospitalized and given breathing assistance.
After eight days in the hospital, tests revealed she had been infected with the parasitite toxoplasmosis, a microscopic parasite that had led to pneumonia.
It is believed that she was infected with the bacteria after eating a venison burger made with meat from a deer she hunted herself.
It's believed that the patient got toxoplasmosis after eating contaminated meat from a deer she had hunted herself
The unnamed patient suffered partially collapsed lungs and a 'crackling sound,' which was from toxoplasmosis-induced pneumonia
Doctors at first struggled to get the correct diagnosis because the pathogen is normally harmless and rarely causes severe breathing issues like pneumonia.
She said she had not traveled outside of Florida or been around anyone sick, and she did not own any pets.
