In December, the Crenshaw family came down with the flu. When then 3-year-old Bryson started feeling ill, mom Megan Crenshaw thought he had a bug and gave him some Tylenol. Then Bryson complained of ...
A man died from a bacterial infection he got after chasing his dog into a pond. One in five people who develop necrotizing fasciitis, or 'flesh-eating' disease, die. Necrotizing fasciitis can cause ...
A rare species of so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria found in raw shellfish or seawater has been linked to five deaths in Florida this year, state health officials said. Vibrio vulnificus, a dangerous ...
It began with throat pain, which doctors diagnosed as tonsillitis despite numerous red flags. The post Man dies of ...
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A 39-year-old Logan Heights mother is now home after a harrowing battle with necrotizing fasciitis that led to multiple amputations. Arisbeth Munoz's ordeal began in late December ...
Leanne Passey says her 4-year-old daughter Reign was hospitalized due to necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be deadly in about one-in-five patients A 4-year-old girl was left ...
A man who contracted a flesh-eating bacterial infection in his right leg found that the infection had spread to his left one as well, a mere four days later. The 58-year-old man reported to the ...
A college student with a bruise on his leg got sick during a wrestling tournament. The bruise turned out to be a rare "flesh-eating" infection. Bacteria may have entered his body from a wrestling mat ...