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  2. Necrotizing fasciitis - Wikipedia

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    Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, is an infection that kills the body's soft tissue. [3] It is a serious disease that begins and spreads quickly. [ 3 ] Symptoms include red or purple or black skin, swelling, severe pain, fever , and vomiting. [ 3 ]

  3. Streptococcus canis - Wikipedia

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    Streptococcus canis is a group G beta-hemolytic species of Streptococcus. [1] It was first isolated in dogs, giving the bacterium its name. These bacteria are characteristically different from Streptococcus dysgalactiae, which is a human-specific group G species that has a different phenotypic chemical composition.

  4. Fusobacterium - Wikipedia

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    Strains of Fusobacterium can cause several human diseases and infections, including periodontal diseases, Lemierre's syndrome, [8] oral, head, and neck infections, as well as colorectal cancer and topical skin ulcers. [9] It has been tied [clarification needed] to HIV infection and suboptimal immune recovery. [10]

  5. Woman, 33, thought her 'giant' leg was a knee sprain. It was ...

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    The veteran was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, a rare infection with bacteria that can cause “flesh-eating disease,” the CDC notes. Even with treatment, up to 20% of patients die ...

  6. Streptococcus dysgalactiae - Wikipedia

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    The clinical presentation among invasive disease is also dominated by skin and soft tissue infections, including a small subset of patients presenting with severe necrotizing fasciitis. [1] [2] Moreover, it is an important cause of bone and joint infections, and this disease manifestation is reported to be increasing. [12]

  7. Florida is seeing a spike in infections caused by 'flesh ...

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    Vibrio vulnificus can cause necrotizing fasciitis, a severe skin infection in which the flesh around an open wound dies, which is why it is described as “flesh-eating” bacteria. However ...

  8. Florida father suffering from flesh-eating disease has over ...

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    The bacteria, which causes necrotizing fasciitis, has an extremely high mortality rate, and accurate diagnosis, rapid antibiotic administration and prompt surgery are extremely important in ...

  9. Anaerobic infection - Wikipedia

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    Progression of the infection from pneumonitis into necrotizing pneumonia and pulmonary abscess can occur, with or without the development of empyema. [22] [23] The infection is often polymicrobial in nature and isolates of community-acquired infection (in 60–80% of cases) are aerobic and anaerobic belonging to the individual's oropharyngeal ...