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magical thyme

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2. necrotizing fasciitis

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2015, 10:51 AM

May 2015

very aggressive, fast moving infection, usually caused by strep A (pharyngeal strep) or staph (mrsa being the hardest to treat of course), or polymicrobial and involving bacteroides, vibrio and other species, in the deep tissues. The bacteria release toxins that destroy the skin.

Very high mortality rate if untreated.

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Man loses leg to flesh-eating bacteria after swimming in Florida [View all] steve2470 May 2015 OP

Yikes. I wonder how worse things like this will occur mmonk May 2015 #1

necrotizing fasciitis magical thyme May 2015 #2

I'm surprised it was from swimming in the Gulf of Mexico FLPanhandle May 2015 #3

I think that's the "brain eating... Whiskeytide May 2015 #4

Thanks FLPanhandle May 2015 #7

I could be wrong ... Whiskeytide May 2015 #8

Yikes! Used to go to the beach near St. Pete all the time, was worried TwilightGardener May 2015 #5

I Lost My Foot To Staff Last Year. Now My Cousin Lost His Right Foot To Gangrene This Year. TheMastersNemesis May 2015 #6

Could be worse MurrayDelph May 2015 #9

Oh, great. My stepsister lives in nearby Bonita. KamaAina May 2015 #10

My parents first rule after beach or river trips was malaise May 2015 #11