Bougainvillea's can be dangerous 1 thorn out of 1 million contain a bacteria that causes a flesh eating sore. After spending 8 days in the hospital on 3 different types of antibiotics on a drip 16 hours a day. I was ok but It took someone from the CDC after 3 days to figure out why none of the antibiotics were working. That one little thorn stick in my ankle had now grown to half of my ankle being eaten and local Doctors in the Hospital in Orlando did mention amputation if they could not figure it out. The cdc doctor said 2 or 3 cases in Florida of this a year usually in Nursery workers. Just a scar now but I did have the Bougainvillea taken out.
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