clipped from: www.nydailynews.com 
A Brazilian model who had her hands and feet amputated after being ravaged by a drug-resistant infection died Saturday, her family said.
The model's ordeal made international news after an ordinary illness turned into a life-and-death battle with a bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, that raced through her veins.
Bridi da Costa first visited doctors in late December and, like Mullings, was initially diagnosed with kidney stones.
She was transferred to a hospital on Jan. 3 in what is known as septic shock, during which the infection caused irreparable tissue damage.