"Flesh-eating" bacteria can cause serious infections that can result in loss of limbs and even death. Now, a new study reveals just how the bacteria thrive deep in muscle tissue and cause such severe ...

"Flesh-eating" bacteria can cause serious infections that can result in loss of limbs and even death. Now, a new study reveals just how the bacteria thrive deep in muscle tissue and cause such severe ...

Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy typically presents with progressive symmetrical proximal muscle weakness and myalgias, although some cases can present with respiratory and esophageal muscle ...

We report the first case of glossal necrotizing myositis by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus in an 8-year-old girl on chronic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, immunomodulators, and steroids ...

This visual abstract from a paper published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation outlines how a research team from Houston Methodist identified group A streptococcus genes that facilitate ...

Houston Methodist Hospital researchers are working to cure flesh-eating bacteria, a deadly disease that attacks the muscle, according to the Houston Chronicle. Although the disease, called necrotizing ...

HOUSTON-(Jan. 22, 2019) - Using a tool first used for strep throat in horses, Houston Methodist researchers unveiled the secret life of flesh-eating bacteria and learned how it causes severe disease ...

The top 5 most-read rare disease articles of 2021 on AJMC.com highlighted research on medications, therapies, and diagnosing tools to treat myelofibrosis, hemophilia B, chronic graft-vs-host disease, ...

Using a tool first used for strep throat in horses, researchers unveiled the secret life of flesh-eating bacteria, learning how it causes severe disease while living deep within muscle. The team ...

*Summary of the English MEDLINE cases of necrotizing myositis, defined as infectious muscle necrosis with noninvolvement of adjacent fascia and lacking any abscess formation. † Age (yrs); M = male, F ...