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Necrotizing Fasciitis Learning Center
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Necrotizing soft tissue infection is a rare but very severe type of bacterial infection that can destroy the muscles, skin, and underlying tissue. Necrotizing refers to something that causes tissue death.
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Flesh-eating disease is more properly called necrotizing fasciitis, a rare condition in which bacteria destroy tissues underlying the skin. This tissue death , called necrosis or gangrene , spreads rapidly. This disease can be fatal in as little a...
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