Also known as flesh-eating disease, necrotizing fasciitis is a rare bacterial infection affecting the tissue beneath the skin, surrounding muscles, and organs. The bacteria that is responsible for the disease releases toxins results into the damage nearby tissue. There are four major types for necrotizing fasciitis – type I known as polymicrobial infection, type II caused by haemolytic group A streptococcus, staphylococci such as methicillin ... Read more
