Eleven people in Florida have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, including 2 in ...

Eleven people in Florida, including two in St. Johns County, have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, a "flesh-eating" ...

Medication administration involves antibiotics and pain medications. Heparin is often ordered for these patients to decrease the risk of vasculitis and thrombosis (Gillen, 1995). Broad-spectrum ...

The family of Dez Del Barba, a Stockton veteran who survived necrotizing fasciitis, has been recognized by city and San Joaquin County officials.

Periorbital necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare, vision-threatening soft tissue infection that requires rapid antimicrobial treatments to minimize devastating soft tissue destruction, and debridement ...

Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe, life-threatening disease with a nonspecific clinical presentation, making it a challenging diagnosis. Early treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics and surgical ...

In this case, PVL-MRSA-induced necrotizing fasciitis failed to respond to maximal SOC management: as a last resort therapy, it was treated by an exceptional multi-route phage therapy (PT) specifically ...

The best known of these, necrotizing fasciitis or “flesh-eating disease,” can quickly damage tissue severely enough to require limb amputation to control its spread.

In the 14 years since Aimee Copeland’s life changed forever after a rare necrotizing fasciitis infection required an amputation of each of her limbs, the now-36-year-old woman isn’t just ...