Science news articles about 'flesh eating disease'

The chief medical officer in the Northwest Territories has confirmed one case of flesh-eating disease at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife.

... – from simple strep throat to life-threatening conditions such as necrotizing fasciitis ("flesh-eating disease") and toxic shock syndrome. The UC San Diego investigators examined the interaction of ...

An elderly patient who died at a hospital in Hamilton, Ont., was one of two confirmed cases of a bacterial infection that can cause septic shock and flesh-eating disease.