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Mariana Bridi Brazilian Model Loses Fight for Life

Source: All About Jazz
January 25, 2009

Doctors had amputated 20-year-old pageant finalist's feet and hands, the beautiful Brazilian Model Mariana Bridi died from complications of an infection that is resistant to antibiotics.

Doctors originally diagnosed her with kidney stones in December, local media said. But as her condition worsened, she was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection that spread. The cause of the infection was not immediately known.

It reduced the flow of oxygen to her limbs, causing her feet to be amputated last week and ...
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