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Prognosis. ~30% mortality [2] Frequency. 0.7 per 100,000 per year [4] Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, is a bacterial infection that results in the death of parts of the body's soft tissue. [3] It is a severe disease of sudden onset that spreads rapidly. [3]
Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba, is a species of the genus Naegleria. It belongs to the phylum Percolozoa and is classified as an amoeboflagellate excavate , [ 1 ] an organism capable of behaving as both an amoeba and a flagellate .
The Kaimingjie germ weapon attack (simplified Chinese: 开明街鼠疫灾难; traditional Chinese: 開明街鼠疫災難; lit. 'Kaiming Street Plague Disaster') was a secret biological warfare launched by Japan in October 1940 against the Kaiming Street area of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. [1] A joint operation of the Imperial Japanese Army 's Unit ...
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Flesh-eating bacteria cause woman, 33, to go into sepsis. Diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, she reveals symptoms, including a swollen knee. Woman, 33, thought her 'giant' leg was a knee sprain.
2,713 cases reported to WHO in 2018 [1] Buruli ulcer (/ bəˈruːli /) [2] is an infectious disease characterized by the development of painless open wounds. The disease is limited to certain areas of the world, most cases occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa and Australia. The first sign of infection is a small painless nodule or area of swelling ...
Disease-causing bacteria, including the type behind flesh-eating infections, can colonize rafts of seaweed and plastic pollution in the ocean, raising concerns about the risks to humans if they ...
20–80% die without treatment [5][7] Frequency. >2,000 cases per year [8] Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. [2] Infection typically occurs by contact with the skin, inhalation, or intestinal absorption. [9] Symptom onset occurs between one day and more than two months after the infection is contracted. [1]