MICHAEL SMITH: Flesh eating, bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico ... It can cause a life threatening, skin infection called necrotizing fasciitis. The first symptoms usually, show up a few days ...

The Florida Health Department has reported 65 confirmed cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, and 11 deaths so far this year as of Friday. Study: Kitchen sponges harbor more ...

Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — “scares the living daylights” out of doctors, as several shared on a ...

While commonly referred to as “flesh-eating bacteria”, the bacteria is also known by its medical name, necrotizing fasciitis.

Barry Briggs, who has flesh eating bacteria. (Credit: CNN) A Florida man has undergone three surgeries to strip 25% of his skin off his body as he battles an infection of flesh-eating bacteria.

However, if the bacteria enters the body through a wound, it can cause the much deadlier fulminant STSS. The "flesh-eating bacterium" can infect patients through wounds on the hands and feet ...

characterized by skin swelling, redness, pain, and blistering at the site of a wound alongside fever and nausea. For some, the infection has been life-threatening. As of October 25, 2024, there have ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. CLAYTON — A St. Charles woman is suing a University City grocery store after she says she contracted a flesh-eating ...