- The nation has recently been captivated by the tragic story of Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student battling a flesh-eating bacterium she contracted after a zip lining accident. (FOX News)
- Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but potentially deadly disease that ravages the bodys tissues and causes them to die off, earning it the fiendish nickname flesh-eating bacteria. (Los Angeles Times)
- A Georgia woman's life-threatening battle with a gruesome infection has captivated the Web. Casey Schwartz on the science behind the rare affliction—and how it spreads. (Daily Beast)
- Ginn survived a rare bacterial infection that attacks soft tissue and muscle, often leading to amputation and, in some cases, death. In February, Ginn had severe pain in his shoulder and a fever. (Island Packet Online)
- (CNN) --Unfortunately flesh-eating bacteria, or necrotizing fasciitis, isnt fiction. (WIBW)
- She has a rare condition, called necrotizing fasciitis, in which marauding bacteria run rampant through tissue. Affected areas sometimes have to be surgically removed to save the patients life. (AP - msnbc.com)
- Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia student who has already lost her leg to necrotizing fasciitis, a rare, flesh-eating bacteria, is in critical condition and may also lose her hands and her other foot, according to news reports. (Huffington Post)
- Please use the comment box below for general comments, but if you feel we have made a mistake, typo, or egregious error, let us know about it. Click here to call us out. Were happy to listen to your concerns. (LongIslandPress)
- The illness has already led doctors in Augusta to amputate most of her left leg. She contracted the rare infection, called necrotizing fasciitis, after falling from a broken zip line and gashing her leg May 1. (YAHOO!)
- Necrotizing fasciitis, the rare flesh-eating disorder that has already claimed the leg of 24-year-old Georgia grad student Aimee Copeland, now looks likely to claim her fingers. (GlobalPost)
Monday, May 14, 2012
Necrotizing fasciitis
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