FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA—2019-03-20

Westin Fort Lauderdale

Nonvenomous insect bites · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Final narrative

An insect bit an employee who was working at a caf . The bite became infected, and the employee was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Nonclassifiable Insects, arachnids, mites, unspecified

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