(Bloomberg) -- A disease caused by a rare “flesh-eating bacteria” that can kill people within 48 hours is spreading in Japan after the country relaxed Covid-era restrictions. Cases of ...
A record number of cases of a potentially fatal “flesh-eating disease” were reported in Japan in 2023 ... the bloodstream and spinal fluid where bacteria cannot normally be detected.
A rare disease caused by a "flesh-eating bacteria" that can kill people within 48 hours is spreading in Japan. For the second consecutive year, Japan has reported record-high numbers of the ...
However, if the bacteria enters the body through a wound, it can cause the much deadlier fulminant STSS. The "flesh-eating bacterium ... particular strain entered Japan from overseas and ...