Necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating disease, is a rare but serious bacterial infection. This article covers its symptoms, causes, and treatments.

Necrotizing fasciitis is a surgical diagnosis characterized by friability of the superficial fascia, dishwater-gray exudate, and a notable absence of pus. This and other necrotizing soft-tissue ...

Type III: The bacteria Clostridium perfringens typically causes type III necrotizing fasciitis. Type III leads to pockets of gas beneath the skin, which causes a crackling or popping sound called ...

Necrotizing fasciitis, which literally translated means "inflammation of the fascia (connective tissue) causing cell death," is the proper medical term for what is colloquially known as "flesh-eating" ...

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), a life-threatening bacterial infection causing necrosis of the fascia, underlying skin, and vasculature has gained media attention by its rapid progression, frightening ...

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but serious bacterial infection that affects the tissue beneath the skin and surrounding muscles. Here are its causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment Sunday, Jun ...

In 2010, an outbreak of Clostridium perfringens at a psychiatric hospital in Louisiana claimed the lives of 3 of the 54 people sickened, an unusually high Skip to content Sponsored by Marler Clark ...

After giving birth, a woman developed necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacteria. Doctors amputated all four limbs to save her life.

Clostridium perfringens is a bacterium that causes nearly a million cases of food-borne illness each year in the U.S. (the number of deaths isn’t known). Advertisement ...