Doctors in the U.K. report a rise in the number of cases of necrotizing fasciitis of the vulva. Doctors at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust detailed three such cases in a paper published ...

Doctors in the UK have warned that several cases of a dangerous 'flesh-eating' bacterial infection affecting the external female genitalia have been reported ...

Leading UK doctors have sounded the alarm over an increase in severe flesh-eating ... Symptoms can escalate swiftly, sometimes within hours or over several days, and, if the bacteria invade ...

Top UK doctors have issued a warning following a rise in dangerous flesh-eating ... Symptoms of necrotising fasciitis can develop quickly within hours or over a few days and if the bacteria ...

However, if the bacteria enters the body through a wound, it can cause the much deadlier fulminant STSS. The "flesh-eating bacterium ... Strep throat and similar symptoms are typically the ...

Doctors have urged gynaecologists to be aware of the signs of a dangerous "flesh-eating" infection that ... The disease occurs when bacteria infiltrate connective tissue around muscles, nerves ...