New drug could be effective against flesh-eating bacteria
Scientists have developed a drug that could help fight antibiotic-resistant infections and flesh-eating bacteria. THE ESSENTIAL Researchers have developed a ...
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Flesh-eating bacteria: Woman saved by baking soda
Beatrice Johnson suffered severe septic shock and owes her survival to a product that is very common in our cupboards: ...
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Flesh-eating disease leaves 8-inch hole in his butt
Jongh Eglin's Tracy says she "feels lucky to be alive" after flesh-eating bacteria left a 20cm wound on one of ...
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Woman loses all 4 limbs to undercooked fish
An American mother had to have all four of her limbs amputated after eating undercooked fish contaminated with "flesh-eating bacteria", ...
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Alert over ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria after 5 deaths in US
Five people were killed by the “flesh-eating bacteria” (or “Vibrio vulnificus”) in the United States where an alert has just ...
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Mom nearly died of flesh-eating bacteria after giving birth
A 27-year-old Briton nearly died days after giving birth from necrotizing fasciitis, a rare skin infection caused by bacteria known ...
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Global warming: flesh-eating bacteria risk proliferating
According to a recent study, the continuation of global warming would lead to an increase in the number and spread ...
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Genital necrosis: the sexually transmitted bacteria that worries
Since the end of confinement, English doctors have been concerned about a resurgence of a bacterial disease called donavosis, responsible ...
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Buruli ulcer: the mystery of the flesh-eating bacteria deepens
Since 2013, when the first cases of Buruli ulcer were discovered, the number of patients falling victim to this skin ...
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United Kingdom: Woman suffers from “flesh-eating” STI
The sexually transmitted infection that she contracted is called donovanosis. It is responsible for genital ulcers and, in some cases, ...
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We now know how certain bacteria become “flesh eaters”
A new study explains how a bacteria can cause necrotizing fasciitis, a phenomenon better known as the "flesh-eating" bacteria. The ...
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Amputated foot due to a “flesh-eating” bacteria
A man in Texas, USA, who thought he had a simple blister on his foot actually had a life-threatening infection ...
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