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The bacteria is able to 'melt' through the eye during infections and travel into the bloodstream, where it can potentially cause the fatal condition sepsis .
After the woman was taken to the hospital, she was informed by the doctors that her infection-identified as Capnocytophaga canimorsus- had spread to her kidney and liver.
At first mum Tracy Ridout thought 'nothing' of the tiny bite - but days later it began to show signs of a deadly infection.
Tracy Ridout, 53, contracted a deadly infection after being bitten by a friend’s German Shepherd less than two weeks ago.
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Tracy Ridout died in Australia on Tuesday after spending less than two weeks in a hospital, where she was suffering from an "extremely rare" bacterial infection that spread to her kidneys, liver and blood.