Though necrotizing fasciitis can be caused by more than just one type of bacteria, the most common cause is group A Streptococcus (Group A Strep), per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as the flesh-eating disease, results from a bacterial infection and rapidly destroys the body's soft tissue.

Necrotizing fasciitis is a skin infection caused by rare bacteria that enters the body through a break in the skin. From this opening, the bacteria aggressively attacks muscles and other organs ...

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

Often, necrotizing fasciitis occurs in a person with a pre-existing health problem—such as diabetes or lupus—that has left his or her immune system compromised, and thus less able to stave off ...

Even with medical care, necrotizing fasciitis can lead to organ failure or sepsis. About 20 percent (one in five) people who experience necrotizing fasciitis die, and the rate is even higher for ...

A 77-year-old woman contracted necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacteria, from an open scrape on her leg during a visit to the beach. × Skip to main content ...

What Is Necrotizing Fasciitis? New Mom Lindsey Hubley Loses Four Limbs to Flesh-Eating Disease After Giving Birth. Published Oct 16, 2017 at 12:38 PM EDT Updated Oct 16, 2017 at 1:13 PM EDT.

Bobby Vaughn is a landscaper who contracted the flesh-eating bacteria on May 4. WGCL (CBS News) - A third case of flesh-eating bacterial infection necrotizing fasciitis has come to light.

“Necrotizing fasciitis is extremely, extremely rare,” he said. Tessa Puma practices dance day and night, always trying to get better. Courtesy of Stacey Kopec.

Aimee Copeland, 24 Facebook (CBS/AP) AUGUSTA, Ga. - The father of Aimee Copeland, the young Georgia woman battling the flesh-eating disease necrotizing fasciitis, says his daughter has spoken for ...

I was just planning to depict my coma hallucinations in comic form, but then I started looking at Dan's diary. I was able to plot memories and talk to people he mentioned to create a narrative that ...