What's more, "strep" – which also causes a bizarre flesh-eating disease – had become ... having your fingers come into contact with your nose or mouth. While food handling is a very rare ...

Once there the bacteria begin to multiply and spread rapidly over mere hours. As they do so they release toxins that destroy tissue, giving the condition its 'flesh-eating' nickname.

S trep infections are most well known for causing strep throat, which can be treated with antibiotics. But this type of ...

Mr Pegg said that Ms Sparshott was admitted to hospital with necrotising fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating bacteria. She underwent surgery to treat this, but shortly after deteriorated and died.

Invasive strep is a severely contagious disease that occurs when the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes ... buttons and then touching your mouth or nose. One of the most important methods of ...

A record number of cases of a potentially fatal “flesh-eating disease” were reported ... enters the bloodstream and spinal fluid where bacteria cannot normally be detected.