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A BODYBUILDER has died aged 28 after a flesh-eating bacterial infection his family say was triggered by illegal muscle-gain products.<\/p>\n

Kevin Notario Nunes, an ex state-level bodybuilding champion, was rushed to hospital with intense pain in his thigh and underwent emergency surgery.<\/p>\n

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Bodybuilder Kevin Notario Nunes died aged 28 from a bacterial infection<\/span>Credit: Newsflash<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His family believes illegal muscle-gain products triggered the flesh-eating infection<\/span>Credit: Newsflash<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Doctors in Brazilian city Ponta Por\u00e3 diagnosed necrotising fasciitis, a rare but aggressive infection commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria that rapidly destroys skin and soft tissue.<\/p>\n

Kevin was taken to Hospital Regional in Ponta Por\u00e3 as an emergency on Christmas Day after the sudden onset of severe thigh pain. <\/p>\n

He was operated on immediately and remained intubated, but his condition quickly deteriorated.<\/p>\n

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