Necrotizing Fasciitis is a “flesh-eating” bacterial infection that requires immediate medical care to avoid life-threatening consequences.

Russo said a combination of tests to differentiate between cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis should be developed, and that an immediate ultrasound upon patient admission may help.

Necrotizing fasciitis is a type of soft tissue infection. It can destroy the tissue in your skin and muscles as well as subcutaneous tissue, which is the tissue beneath your skin. We go over the ...

What to know about necrotizing fasciitis, colloquially referred to as flesh-eating bacteria.

Both of the man's legs became infected with necrotizing fasciitis, and he narrowly avoided amputation and perhaps even death.

The flesh-eating disease Necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as the flesh-eating disease, results from a bacterial infection and rapidly destroys the body's soft tissue.

In two of the cases, the women were diagnosed with vulvar necrotizing fasciitis in the emergency room. In the third, the woman developed it as a complication from an infected surgical wound.

Cases of the deadly infection, called necrotizing fasciitis, may be on the rise because of climate change.

Vibrio vulnificus, known as flesh-eating bacteria, can cause necrotizing fasciitis — and typically kills 1 in 5 Americans who get an infection.

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare condition in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). 1, 2 Ozkan et al. 3 reported a neonate with necrotizing fasciitis arising in the perianal area, and speculated ...

Necrotizing fasciitis, which literally translated means "inflammation of the fascia (connective tissue) causing cell death," is the medical term for what's known as "flesh-eating" disease. A recent ...

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, life-threatening illness caused by bacteria that aggressively attack the soft tissue of the body.