(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)A Texas woman died earlier this month after contracting a flesh-eating infection from floodwaters brought by Hurricane Harvey, according to health officials in Houston. The infection that killed her, necrotizing fasciitis, spreads swiftly, destroying the body’s soft tissues, and soon after, can lead to death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC estimates that there are about 700 to 1,100 cases of necrotizing fasciitis caused by group A strep each year in the United States. He had flesh-eating bacteria and nearly died. ‘Like something out of a horror movie’: Flesh-eating bacteria infection kills man in four daysThe ‘frightening’ rise of flesh-eating bacteria: Mystery, pain and amputations

Source: Washington Post September 27, 2017 14:37 UTC