Flesh-Eating Disease - Who are at risk?

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Necrotizing fasciitis, better known as flesh-eating disease is a rare and severe infection caused by a variety of bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio vulnificus, Clostridium perfringens, Bacteroides fragilis) that attack skin, muscles, and the underlying tissue within a very short period of time. According to the US CDC s Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, the necrotizing fasciitis affects 600 people in the USA alone, annually. Learn more about the destructive infection, its causes, symptoms and potential treatment in this book.

Product details

• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.2012
• EAN: 9786130131227
• ISBN: 978-613-0-13122-7
• No. of pages: 88
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine