In Florida, four people have died this year after they were exposed to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but deadly bacteria found in ...

Ohioans planning on a Florida vacation before the start of school should be aware of a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria reported ...

Group A strep bacteria. This is the most common cause of necrotizing fasciitis. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS. Only around 0.4 people per 100,000 are infected to the point of necrotizing fasciitis ...

Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," can have horrifying and even fatal effects on humans. Symptoms, how ...

The rare microbial menace can be contracted by swimming in coastal water or eating raw shellfish, and Florida saw a severe ...

Four people in Florida have died and seven others have been sickened this year by a rare but potentially deadly bacterial ...

The deadly cases were seen in counties spread around Florida’s extensive coastline. The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus thrives in warm seawater.

Each year since 2010, there have been roughly 700 to 1,150 cases of necrotizing fasciitis caused by group A strep bacteria in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Streptococcus bacteria are also thought to be the main cause of necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial infections. Approximately 20% of patients with flesh-eating bacterial infections die.

Now, she had necrotizing fasciitis, a "flesh-eating" bacterial infection, that was spreading up her leg. "So, they had to take out a chunk of the back of my right leg, left leg, my arm," she says.

Group A Streptococcus cases in Japan have also been associated with the “flesh-eating” condition necrotizing fasciitis. For the second year in a row, Japan is reporting record-setting numbers ...

Health Department issues warning after person dies of serious bacterial infection By Bob Connors • Published July 28, 2023 • Updated on July 28, 2023 at 11:14 pm BOOKMARKER ...