Infected kin bite leg woe

A Florida man nearly lost his leg to flesh-eating bacteria — after being bitten by a family member.

Donnie Adams of Tampa Bay developed a small, painful bump after the relative sunk their teeth into his right thigh during a fight at a February family gathering.

He went to get a tetanus shot and a course of antibiotics, the Tampa Bay Times reported. But three days later, he could barely walk.

When Adams, 52, returned to Florida Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg, he was rushed into surgery.

“I would’ve never imagined that a human bite would turn into something so horrific as a flesh-eating bacteria,” he told WFLA.

Wound-care specialist Fritz Brink told the Tampa Bay Times that he had to remove about 70% of the tissue in Adams’ thigh during the procedure — but that wasn’t enough. A follow-up surgery removed the rest of the infection known as necrotizing fasciitis.

Doctors had never seen a human bite transmit the disease, common for swimmers in tropical climates. But, Brink noted, “A human bite is dirtier than a dog bite as far as the kinds of bacteria that grow.”

Adams later reconciled with his kin.