In the case of a 12-year-old girl who developed necrotizing fasciitis in June, the bacteria entered her body through a scrape on her toe that she got from skateboarding a few days earlier.

For three people, they sadly died after contracting the most severe type of flesh-eating bacteria, necrotizing fasciitis — a rare but deadly disease where the bacteria attacks the skin and soft ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such ...

Researchers discovered that targeting S. pyogenes metabolism with a pyruvate dehydrogenase inhibitor reduces tissue damage ...

In only 1 case was the pyramidal, necrotizing character of the renal infection suspected prior to death, although in many cases, chiefly in the more protracted ones, the obvious urinary-tract ...

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a life-threatening bacterial infection causing necrosis of the fascia, underlying skin, and vasculature. NF spreads rapidly, making immediate diagnosis important for ...

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 ...

The rare flesh-eating condition is known as periorbital necrotizing soft tissue infection, and is caused by either polymicrobial infection or streptococcus pyogenes and/or staphylococcus species ...

A Florida man died on July 10 after eating a raw oyster at a Sarasota restaurant that was contaminated by the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, which can cause flesh-eating disease, or necrotizing ...

This growth represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2% during the forecast period. Necrotizing fasciitis, a life-threatening bacterial infection requiring rapid diagnosis and aggressive ...