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Flesh Eating Bacteria

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FL seeing increase in flesh-eating bacteria cases due to Hurricane Ian

  • Oct 20, 2022

Study: Kitchen sponges harbor more bacteria than kitchen brushes

  • Jun 10, 2022

LI Sound bacteria entering wounds, causing rare illness in CT

  • Sep 15, 2020

Wisconsin boy gifts special doll to NYC girl who lost arm

  • Jul 17, 2019

Florida woman dies from flesh-eating bacteria: family

  • Jul 2, 2019

NJ Health Department seeing increase in flesh-eating bacteria

  • Jun 20, 2019

Flesh-eating bacteria infects man off Florida coast

  • Apr 25, 2019

Construction worker says skin was falling off in the shower

  • Nov 13, 2018

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2 deaths in Florida linked to raw oysters from Louisiana

  • Aug 20, 2022
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Long Island Sound bacteria entering wounds, causing rare illness

  • Sep 15, 2020
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How to avoid getting glove germs

  • Jan 18, 2016
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Man recovering from flesh eating bacteria

  • May 7, 2015

Latest Stories

Report: 93-year-old woman 'eaten alive' by scabies in Georgia nursing home

A Georiga nursing home resident who died from a scabies infestation is believed to be eaten alive over the course of several months or years.

  • May 1, 2018

Woman fights to raise awareness after son dies from flesh-eating bacteria

A woman in Oregon is fighting to raise awareness after her 8-year-old son died from a rare flesh-eating disease.

  • Jan 29, 2018
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Texas woman eats raw oysters, dies from flesh-eating bacteria

Everyone thought she had an allergic reaction to the food, but her condition worsened within 48 hours.

  • Jan 9, 2018
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Flesh-eating bacteria could take part of man's hand

A routine trip to a popular bay in Texas left a man with a case of flesh-eating bacteria - he may even lose part of his hand, according to his children.

  • Oct 21, 2016
KTRK

Teen has flesh-eating bacteria, possibly from football helmet

It was a nightmare of a situation for a 13-year-old teen who was infected with a flesh-eating bacteria-- possibly from his football helmet.

  • Sep 11, 2016