The first patient developed a fatal infection after showing up at a hospital in Germany with swelling around his left eyelid ...

Three men have been hit by a rare and gruesome flesh-eating bug, with one of them tragically losing his life to the ...

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF ... Focal necrosis, microvascular thrombosis, and leukocytes in the debrided tissue exam. Anne Fink, BSN, RN, is a Nurse in the United States Army Nurse Corps and ...

Researchers discovered that targeting S. pyogenes metabolism with a pyruvate dehydrogenase inhibitor reduces tissue damage ...

The antibiotics don’t provide full coverage, however, and often surgical removal of dead tissue is necessary – and crucial. Treatment depends on how far the necrotizing fasciitis has ...

A new study reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such as necrotizing fasciitis. The ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus ...

"One of the presenting symptoms of acute necrotizing encephalitis is actually ... which can progress to swelling, bleeding, and tissue death, known as necrosis. The reason why some children ...

This scanning electron microscope (SEM) image shows a mouse skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (pseudocolored purple). The bacterium, known as flesh-eating bacteria, has aggressively ...

was diagnosed with influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalitis. Also known as ANE, the condition causes rapid deterioration of the brain tissue. The department said ANE is "rare ...

Often the patient is diagnosed with cellulitis. The rapid destruction of tissue is localized, lacking distinct margination on the skin to identify the area of infected tissue (Sekeres, 2000).