The bump on a young California girl s hand was mysterious and growing. It wasn t until she had seen two doctors and undergone a biopsy that her family realized the cause: The child had gotten in the way of a hungry iguana with a sweet tooth, resulting in what may be the first documented infection of a rare bacterial infection in a human from an iguana bite.
One iguana s taste for cake leaves a young San Jose girl with a mysterious malady eastbaytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eastbaytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A rare infection with tuberculosis-like symptoms was reported in a toddler after an iguana bit her before snatching away a slice of cake on a trip to Costa Rica.