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

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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 ...

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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 ...

The bacterial species group A Streptococcus, or group A strep, is the most common culprit behind necrotizing fasciitis. But the CDC's latest warning points to an additional suspect, a type of ...

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare and severe bacterial infection that causes necrosis in the connective tissues of the muscles and other tissues and may lead to serious complications and death.

What are flesh-eating bacteria, and how do you fight them? Roughly a thousand people a year contract necrotizing fasciitis. Here’s what it does and how science is combating the bacterial threat.

A new study reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such as necrotizing fasciitis. The ...

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For necrotizing fasciitis, a speedy diagnosis and treatment is critical, the C.D.C. said. The agency estimated about 700 to 1,150 cases occur each year in the United States, a range it described ...