(Bloomberg) -- A disease caused by a rare “flesh-eating bacteria” that can ... children known as “strep throat,” but some types of the bacteria can lead to symptoms developing rapidly ...

This kind of infection is often described as "flesh-eating bacteria," though the CDC's website notes necrotizing fasciitis ...

Januario Hospital. She had been infected with the potentially deadly “flesh-eating” bacteria Vibrio vulnificus: a distant, yet equally dangerous, cousin of the notorious V. cholerae.

However, if the bacteria enters the body through a wound, it can cause the much deadlier fulminant STSS. The "flesh-eating bacterium" can infect patients through wounds on the hands and feet ...

is recovering in the hospital after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection through a small cut while working near lakes following recent hurricanes. The bacteria spread rapidly ...

A record number of cases of a potentially fatal “flesh-eating disease” were reported ... enters the bloodstream and spinal fluid where bacteria cannot normally be detected.