Flash Eating Bacteria

10/15/2021

The words "flesh-eating bacteria” are pretty alarming. But what does that mean? And how bad is it?

10/15/2021

“The pain was isolated to one spot and it felt like a throbbing, stabbing pain,” she said of wearing her encroaching garment while on a date.

10/15/2021

Flesh eating infections suffered after bay or river water interacts with open cuts or wounds are not as rare as the state and counties would have you believe, writes Gerald Winegrad.

10/15/2021

A new study found that the environmental lifestyle that bacteria possess reveal why some go rogue and turn deadly while others remain harmless to humans. The findings focus on Vibrio vulnificus, better known as the flesh-eating bacteria. However, what the scientists found could help create a model t...

10/15/2021

The State published a report on Tuesday found cases of vibrio, a bacteria that can cause death in hours, have doubled in North Carolina since 2007.

10/15/2021

At least eight people in Florida have died this year so far as a result of an infection caused by the bacteria species Vibrio vulnificus, according to heal

10/15/2021

Your dog can be affected by flesh eating bacteria, but the number of reported cases is so small that many pet owners believe dogs are immune to this disease.

10/15/2021

Across the U.S., there appears to be a rise in cases of people contracting 'flesh-eating' bacteria. Experts weigh in on the cause of the bacteria and what families can do to stay safe while enjoying the rest of summer vacation.

10/15/2021

A Florida man contracted flesh-eating bacteria nectrotizing fasciitis after a fishing hook punctured his hand. Here's what you need to know about the bacteria.

10/15/2021

Although rare, necrotizing fasciitis is dangerous and claims the lives of hundreds each year. If you are its next victim, your doctor may miss the signs.

10/15/2021

Carol Martin died after developing a flesh-eating bacteria that she mistook for a pimple following a family vacation to Florida. Her family believes that she developed the deadly bacteria, known as necrotizing fasciitis, when she used a hot tub in the Clearwater, Florida, hotel they stayed at.

10/15/2021

A 6-year-old girl in Ohio recently needed to have her leg amputated after she developed a rare complication from an infection with strep throat bacteria.

10/15/2021

Streptococcus bacteria is very common and usually harmless. But if it gets into an open wound, it can quickly become deadly.

10/15/2021

Necrotizing fasciitis in cats, commonly referred to as the flesh eating bacteria, is a rapidly spreading bacterial infection of the facial and subcutaneous tissues.

10/15/2021

From California to Texas and across the country to Florida, a dangerous and potentially deadly infection has seemingly dominated the news this summer: necrotizing fasciitis, colloquially referred to as flesh-eating bacteria.

10/15/2021

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Seek care right away for fever, dizziness, or nausea soon after an injury.

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