Category Archives: Causes and Sources
Flesh Eating Spiders and Necrotising Arachnidism
Do spiders, like sandflies cause flesh eating disease?
Insect Bites and Flesh-Eating Bacteria: Jay Fox in Bermuda
The flesh-eating bacteria is everywhere. We’ve already blogged about cases in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Now here’s a case from Bermuda which involves Jay Fox, a gospel singer from Bermuda who was infected with the disease after he was stung by a wasp. This does not mean, of course, that [...]
Sandfly, Flesh Eating Bugs, and Leishmaniasis
How dangerous are sandflies? Very dangerous if they are carrying the protozoan parasite that causes leishmaniasis and you get bitten by them. Apparently, leishmaniasis is another kind of flesh eating disease which you can contract if you’re bitten by a female sandfly.
Flesh Eating Bacteria in Oysters and Other Seafood?
Do oysters have flesh eating bacteria? Apparently, warm water oysters can have Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria which causes necrotising fasciitis otherwise known as the flesh-eating disease.
Flesh Eating Bacteria (MRSA) in Your Pork?
A Seattle television station investigates the presence of the flesh-eating Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) bacteria in pork and discovered MRSA in three percent of its sample.
MRSA Superbug Linked to Flesh-Eating Bacteria
As I mentioned earlier, my interest in the flesh-eating bacteria (remember that it’s a bacteria not a virus, okay?) was piqued by a news report that Michael Jackson caught the bacteria while he was undergoing surgery. Specifically, Michael was infected with the superbug MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) which can cause necrotizing fasciitis or the much-dreaded [...]
