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Necrotizing fasciitis (occasionally described by the media as "the flesh-eating bacteria") destroys muscles, fat, and skin tissue. (Source: excerpt from Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease General: DBMD)
A serious but rare infection (fascia) of the deeper layers of skin and fatty subcutaneous tissues. While many other types of bacteria can cause necrotizing fasciitis, most cases result from GAS. (Source: excerpt from Group A Streptococcal Infections, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Necrotizing fasciitis (occasionally described by the media as "the flesh-eating bacteria") destroys muscles, fat, and skin tissue. (Source: excerpt from Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease General: DBMD)
A serious but rare infection (fascia) of the deeper layers of skin and fatty subcutaneous tissues. While many other types of bacteria can cause necrotizing fasciitis, most cases result from GAS. (Source: excerpt from Group A Streptococcal Infections, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Necrotizing fasciitis: a rare soft-tissue infection primarily involving the superficial fascia and resulting in extensive undermining of surrounding tissues; progress is often fulminant and may involve all soft-tissue components, including the skin; usually occurs postoperatively, after minor trauma, or after inadequate care of abscesses or cutaneous ulcers.group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
A fulminating group A streptococcal infection beginning with severe or extensive cellulitis that spreads to involve the superficial and deep fascia, producing thrombosis of the subcutaneous vessels and gangrene of the underlying tissues. A cutaneous lesion usually serves as a portal of entry for the infection, but sometimes no such lesion is found. (Dorland, 28th ed)
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Necrotizing fasciitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Necrotizing fasciitis, or a subtype of Necrotizing fasciitis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
- (Source - National Institute of Health)
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