News on Necrotizing Infectionshttp://www.infectiousdiseasefacts.com/topic/Necrotizing Infections2010-03-05T11:56:49ZJudge upholds most of award in flesh-eating case2010-03-03T22:19:52ZAP Featurestag:www.infectiousdiseasefacts.com,2010-03-03:/article/Judge%20upholds%20most%20of%20award%20in%20flesh-eating%20case&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A federal judge has upheld most of an $8.5 million judgment awarded to a woman who lost use of her arm due to a flesh-eating bacteria misdiagnosed by an Air Force base doctor.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Magistrate <a title="Philip Frazier" href="/topic/Philip+Frazier" >Judge Philip Frazier</a> last month granted only part of the <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >U.S.</a> government's request to trim $1.13 million from the damages he ...Severe Strep Infections2010-03-05T11:56:49ZNational Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseasetag:www.infectiousdiseasefacts.com,2010-03-05:/article/Severe%20Strep%20Infections<p>Some types of group A strep bacteria cause severe infections, such as . Bacteremia (bloodstream infections) Toxic shock syndrome (multi-organ infection) Necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) . In 2006, 4,587 cases of severe group A streptococcal disease were reported to the <a title="Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" href="/topic/Centers+for+Disease+Control+and+Prevention" >Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)</a></p><p> . Those at the greatest risk of getting a s...