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Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, is an infection that kills the body's soft tissue. [3] It is a serious disease that begins and spreads quickly. [3] Symptoms include red or purple or black skin, swelling, severe pain, fever, and vomiting. [3] The most commonly affected areas are the limbs and perineum. [2]
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a condition caused by bacterial toxins. [1] Symptoms may include fever, rash, skin peeling, and low blood pressure. [1] There may also be symptoms related to the specific underlying infection such as mastitis, osteomyelitis, necrotising fasciitis, or pneumonia.
Sadly, many people infected by flesh-eating bacteria are not as lucky as Carey's son. Just last week, Lynn Fleming , a 77-year-old Florida woman, died from a flesh-eating bacteria she contracted ...
Streptococcus is a genus of gram-positive or spherical bacteria that belongs to the family Streptococcaceae, within the order Lactobacillales (lactic acid bacteria), in the phylum Bacillota. [2] Cell division in streptococci occurs along a single axis , thus when growing they tend to form pairs or chains, which may appear bent or twisted.
A community is rallying around 13-year-old Trey Lauren of Monroe, who's now battling flesh-eating bacteria at Seattle Children's Hospital, Q13FOX reports. Tray fell and cut his knee at a birthday ...
The CDC issued a warning about flesh-eating bacteria vibrio vulnificus after six people died on the East Coast. Infectious disease experts explain the risks.
These include necrotizing fasciitis — aka flesh-eating disease, where the flesh around an open wound dies — as well as septic shock and death. Symptoms the bacteria are in the bloodstream include: