Flesh Eating Bacteria News

Connie Parsons shares her story about a flesh-eating bacteria in hopes of helping others recognize the signs.

A Bountiful woman who lost three limbs to flesh-eating bacteria has settled a malpractice suit that alleged medical personnel mismanaged the near-fatal infection.

Man suffering from flesh-eating bacteria is allowed home By h.b. - Oct 31, 2008 - 8:27 AM 62 year old forestry worker, Federico GarcA a, lost his left arm to the bacteria.

What has Sergey ever done for us? Posted in Government , 29th October 2008 13:51A GMT Your reporter holds TV executives in as much esteem as a flesh-eating virus .

You don't need ghosts and goblins to make Halloween scary. You live in Florida, where alligators, sharks, red widow spiders, and flesh-eating bacteria will turn your body into a pile of quivering protoplasm ...

Ghosts and goblins. Demonic possession and alien abduction. Another episode of Paris Hilton's My New BFF and another disappointing loss from the Clemson Tigers.

AYER/GROTON -- It's been quite a year for Monica Jorge of Ayer, but in the end she's thankful to be here and indescribably thrilled to be holding her 14-month-old daughter, Sofia, on her lap under sunny skies.

When cold weather ushers in dry, red, itchy skin, you probably feel like an unlucky contestant on a rash-guessing quiz show: Is it dry skin...or some exotic flesh-eating bacteria you heard about on the news? ...

An overwhelming amount of information has been published in the media regarding what some people have referred to as 'flesh-eating bacteria.' This hype has caused a great deal of misconception and concern over ...

An Australian woman who beat a rare flesh-eating disease says she survived the terrifying ordeal only because she was "fat." Clair Robinson, 23, of Victoria, Australia, believes she is lucky to be alive after ...

A 34-year-old man from the U.K. has overcome the odds and survived a potentially killer infection that spread over 20 percent of his body.

For Monica Jorge, the past year has been a blur of overwhelming numbers: 37 surgeries, four limbs lost, continuing rehabilitation, one new baby, one wedding, and now, one appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." ...

A possible outbreak of drug-resistant MRSA infections at Brookings-Harbor High School was quickly addressed on Monday.

The MRSA infection confirmed at Brookings-Harbor High School is not the "flesh eating bacteria" as reported in Wednesday's Curry Coastal Pilot.

WINTER: Separating sex from marriage By Mary Winter , Rocky Mountain News One of the few positive things about life after 50 is that sex loses some of its stranglehold.

Russian LGBT Activism Update . Jim Burroway August 15th, 2008 A German Arabic-language magazine al-Salam is the latest to pick up on last January's much-hyped MRSA scare.

A woman has said she is lucky to be alive after her face was attacked by a flesh-eating bug.

August 12, 2008 - 8:09 a.m. Ranging reporter Tara Bozick set up her laptop at the LongLeaf Coffee Co.

An unexpected disease will force David Larsen to adapt to life with a prosthetic left arm.

The war against hospital-acquired infections is waged with high-powered antibiotics such as vancomycin, linezolid or daptomycin.