HealthQuill Flesh-eating bacteria
A family of antimicrobial compounds can neutralise necrotising fasciitis, a deadly bacterial skin infection that is also known as flesh-eating disease, when tested in mice, according to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Drugs Health Pharma

Scientists develop potential compound to neutralise flesh-eating bacteria

A family of antimicrobial compounds can neutralise necrotising fasciitis, a deadly bacterial skin infection that is also known as flesh-eating disease, when tested.

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If you are in a hospital, then at times, you get bacterial infections from one source — yourself.
Climate Health Medical

Warming oceans drive flesh-eating bacteria northward, increasing infections

HQ Team April 15,2024:Adding to the climate change worries is the fear Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, is expanding its territory.

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A combination of flesh-eating bacteria, brown seaweed, and plastics in the ocean can potentially create a “pathogen storm” affecting both marine life and public health, according to researchers from Florida Atlantic University.
Climate Health Pharma

A potential ‘pathogen storm’ is brewing up in the oceans

HQ Team May 22, 2023: A combination of flesh-eating bacteria, brown seaweed, and plastics in the ocean can potentially create a “pathogen storm”.

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