What causes flesh eating bacteria?

Flesh eating disease is also known as necrotizing fasciitis, which means decaying skin. It is a rapid progressing type of bacterial infection that destroys the skin, fat and tissue that covers the muscle in a short time span, within 12 to 24 hours. read more

Read our main article on necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating bacteria and flesh-eating disease » Media reports have popularized the term flesh-eating bacteria to refer to a type of very rare but serious bacterial infection known as necrotizing fasciitis. read more

WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating bacteria), an infection that causes tissue death at the infection site and beyond. read more