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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 ]
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a condition caused by bacterial toxins. [1] Symptoms may include fever, rash, skin peeling, and low blood pressure. [1] There may also be symptoms related to the specific underlying infection such as mastitis, osteomyelitis, necrotising fasciitis, or pneumonia.
Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato, formerly known as Immanuel-St. Joseph's Hospital, is a general medical and surgical hospital in Mankato, Minnesota. It has been a part of Mayo Clinic since 1996. Immanuel-St. Joseph's was formed in 1969 from a merger between two Mankato hospitals, Immanuel Hospital (established 1906) and St. Joseph's ...
A community is rallying around 13-year-old Trey Lauren of Monroe, who's now battling flesh-eating bacteria at Seattle Children's Hospital, Q13FOX reports. Tray fell and cut his knee at a birthday ...
Vibrio vulnificus infections can rise after hurricanes mix fresh rainwater with salty seawater, according to health officials. Here’s how to safe.
[4] [6] [8] [11] Dr. Daniel LaChance, a physician at both the Austin Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic in nearby Rochester, Minnesota, was notified. He launched a request to area physicians to refer other patients with similar symptoms to him. [11] The Minnesota Department of Health was notified and began an investigation into the "outbreak."
The CDC estimates that vibriosis causes 80,000 illnesses in the U.S. Around 52,000 of those cases are from consuming contaminated food.
[1] [10] Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, and a feeling of incomplete defecation. [2] [6] [11] Complications may include dehydration. [3] The cause of dysentery is usually the bacteria from genus Shigella, in which case it is known as shigellosis, or the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica; then it is called amoebiasis. [1]