Necrotizing Fasciitis Kills One in Four

Guardian Express | Sat, 18 May 2013 06:30:29 -0700

Necrotizing fasciitis is sometimes called “flesh eating disease.” It is a rare bacterial infection that rapidly destroys the body's soft tissue covering the muscles caused by more than one type of bacteria but Group A is considered cause of necrotizing ...

Spider Bite Didn't Kill Slayer

Daily Beast | Sun, 05 May 2013 01:47:49 -0700

The necrotizing fasciitis and the liver failure both are awful, but despite the tidiness of the narrative suggesting that the old necrotizing fasciitis caused the new liver failure, the story is exactly the opposite: people with severe underlying ...

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Cancer Drug Avastin May Increase Risk For Necrotizing Fasciitis

Medical Daily | Fri, 03 May 2013 12:36:04 -0700

Avastin is used to treat colorectal cancer, lung cancer, and brain cancer, both alone and in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents. So far, 17 people worldwide taking Avastin and who developed necrotizing fasciitis have died, said The Globe ...

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Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman died of alcohol-related cirrhosis - not flesh ...

The Independent | Fri, 10 May 2013 07:27:53 -0700

Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman's cause of death has been established by a coroner as alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver – and not as a result of flesh-eating disease Necrotizing fasciitis as previously reported. Tributes to the American thrash ...