flesh-eating bacteria
Skin-destroying infectious organisms
Flesh-eating bacteria are bacteria that cause necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but severe infection that rapidly destroys skin, fat, and tissue.
The term is journalistic rather than medical—multiple bacterial species can cause the condition.
Early symptoms resemble ordinary infection, but the disease progresses quickly and can be fatal without aggressive treatment: Doctors amputated his leg to stop the flesh-eating bacteria from spreading.
- necrotizingCausing tissue death
- fasciitisInflamed connective tissue bands
- soft tissueNon-rigid body structures
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
gangrene · tissue · decay · open wound · wound · sepsis · medical emergency · emergency room · amputation · skin · spreading · hospital · intensive care · antibiotics · fever · surgery · debridement · toxic
- Dangerous Creaturessharks, lions, tigers, crocodiles, bears
- Hospital Infectionsnosocomial infection, MRSA, wound infection, bloodstream infection, superbug
- bioweaponsanthrax, bioweapon, bioweapons, bioterrorism, biowarfare
- Wound Infectionsinfected cut, localized infection, suppuration, wound healing
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Microscopic infectious agent
fungal infection · prion · viral infection · parasitic infection · bacteriophage
flesh-eating bacteriagrowth factors
Proteins stimulating cell proliferation
stem cells · skin graft · wound healing · tissue repair · collagen production
flesh-eating bacteriabeneficial bacteria
Health-promoting microorganisms
probiotics · gut flora · Lactobacillus · Bifidobacterium · symbiotic bacteria
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