Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, life-threatening illness caused by bacteria that aggressively attack the soft tissue of the ...

Vibrio vulnificus cases have risen to 80 following the widespread flooding from back-to-back hurricanes, surpassing the ...

Patients will give a history of minor trauma such as contusion, insect bite, frostbite, chronic leg ulcer, or a surgical incision, and present with severe pain and edema to their health care ...

The poison caused and having part of his arm cut away to prevent the flesh-eating disease, called necrotizing fasciitis, from ...

Barry Keoghan recalled once having necrotising fasciitis - which is also known as the 'flesh-eating disease' - whilst a guest ...

Amber DeWitt, 31, from Dallas, US, had an emergency C-section after her baby boy became stuck in the breach position. But she ...

British prosecutors accuse Thomas Kwan of posing as a nurse and injecting 72-year-old Patrick O'Hara with a dangerous ...

The global necrotizing fasciitis treatment market is poised for significant growth, with a projected valuation of USD 2.9 billion in 2024 and an anticipated increase to USD 4.5 billion by the end of ...

A variety of San Luis Obispo County programs can provide food, shelter, socialization and other support to seniors at risk of ...

A study published in JAMA Network Open has found that in the US between 1999 and 2020, Black infants disproportionately died from necrotizing enterocolitis compared to White infants, despite ...

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 ...

O’Hara, 72, survived after being in intensive care for several weeks and having part of his arm cut away to prevent the necrotizing fasciitis from spreading. The ordeal left him “a shell of an ...