We all have these bacteria on our skin but if you suddenly get a reaction like this then you are more prone to having the same thing again and need to treat every minor scratch, etc as if its something serious. They must be cleaned and covered. I have battled this infection twice. First time was because of a snake bite and the second was because of a small scrape to the skin in the same area as the bite years later.

I can’t believe this happened! How shocking. Poor little thing.

Very worrying, always try shoes on with socks

wow! Very worrying.

OMG. Clearly this is why shoe shops insist you try on any shoes with socks. Now we know why. It’s a good warning and lesson as I’m sure many in department stores where they’re not so well monitored that socks would not be used or considered a priority.

Oh goodness, how horrible, thanks for the warning.

I worked in a shoe shop many years ago and we were told never to allow anyone to try shoes on with bare feet, we even provided stockings. There should be warning signs in department stores where you can try on without and assistant.

I am amazed the store allowed the child to try on the shoes without socks. Guess a supermarket type store where things are not policed might have this happen, but who buys school shoes from one of these.

Yep, always take socks with us when shoe shopping. But I wonder, did the Mum report it to the store so the shoes affected could be removed from use?

I’ve always used stockings or socks when trying on shoes. Never knew you could get sepsis from trying on new shoes, maybe from second hand shoes. So glad she is going to be okay

OMG, I’ve never heard of this. My son generally always has socks on but it’s something we need to obviously be more mindful of now.

Wow very scary always a good idea to have socks on. Glad she pulled through.

Very sad and could have been easily prevented. Yes definitely always were socks when trying on shoes in shops, and give new shoes that you buy a wipe over with lavender, tea tree or eucalyptus oils to keep germs at bay. I worked in a shoe shop many years ago and we never let anyone try shoes on bare, so have shoe shops stopped this rule?

Surely something like this would be a rare occurrence. But still disgusting to think what kind of germs are lurking in new shoes.

Hope she makes a full recovery,who would have thought!