Due to flesh-eating bacteria: woman’s day to walk on the beach dies

So-called flesh-eating bacteria in Florida a death toll. The 77-year-old Lynn Fleming had cut for a beach walk on the leg. A few days later, the woman was found unconscious and taken to hospital. There, the Doctors discovered Necrotizing fasciitis – caused by bacteria that enter through wounds in the subcutaneous tissue. The causative bacteria are in the warm salt water at home. In the United States annually 700 to 1,200 cases are reported, only two-thirds of those Affected survive. Some experts claim that rising water temperatures from climate change could promote the growth of bacteria and increase the risk of infection. For Fleming came too late to help: in Spite of treatment the infection spread and caused organ failure. She died last week.