VCU doctor explains case of Georgia woman, and discusses similar cases he has seen in Virginia.
The father of flesh-eating bacteria victim Aimee Copeland says a "miracle" is behind the progress his 24-year-old daughter is making in recent days. His latest update in a blog post Saturday said that, while the necrotizing
"The odds are better of you winning the (lottery) than catching this flesh-eating bacteria. But guess what? I bought Powerball tickets and lost. But I did, however, get the flesh-eating infection. The biggest mistake I made was I wasn't honest with
It sounds like something out of a horror film -- a micro-organism that enters through an open wound and begins to consume your body from the inside out. Unfortunately flesh-eating bacteria, or necrotizing fasciitis, isn't fiction.
raise awareness about Aeromonas hydrophila, the waterborne bacteria believed to have caused the case of necrotizing faciitis -- better known as infection caused by flesh-eating bacteria -- that has proved devastating to a Georgia college student.
