Saturday, 30 September 2017

PRO/EDR> Necrotizing fasciitis - USA: (TX) hurricane-related

-- United States
A 77-year-old Houston woman who contracted a "flesh-eating bacterium" when she fell in a flooded home has been added to Hurricane Harvey's official death toll. She died [Fri 15 Sep 2017] of necrotizing fasciitis, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Science, which reported that the dangerous skin condition resulted in complications related to "blunt trauma of an upper extremity."
The death is the county's 36th Harvey-related fatality.
She was a widowed community volunteer

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2xLebzE

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