Necrotising fasciitis is a rare and life-threatening infection that can appear anywhere skin or tissue is breached, including ...

"Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, can arise when certain bacteria enter the skin through a wound — a cut, abrasion, burn, surgical wound, or even an insect bite ...

Most group A strep infections cause mild illnesses like strep throat — but when that bacteria spreads to the blood and deep ...

A decade-long study of over 35 million people across ten states in the United States has revealed that invasive group A ...

A decade-long study of 35 million people across 10 U.S. states reveals that invasive group A streptococcus infections have ...

In 2022, the rate of infection among homeless people was 807 per 100,000 — one of the highest ... said doctors are seeing more severe and more unusual cases, as well as more necrotizing fasciitis. It ...

Invasive strep can trigger necrotizing fasciitis, a soft tissue infection ... The data came from 10 states, with roughly 35 million people total, that track the infections. In 2013, around 4 ...

About 500 cases are reported annually in the U.K., or about 0.4 to 0.53 cases per 100,000 people, the case report authors noted. Vaginal necrotizing fasciitis is even more rare, as people are more ...