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Article: Patient Dies of 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria'
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- April 7, 2004
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AP Online
04-07-2004
Dateline: GAINESVILLE, Ga.
A nursing home patient has died of an ailment commonly known as "flesh-eating bacteria," state health officials said Wednesday.
The condition, called necrotizing fasciitis, is a skin infection caused by Group A streptococus. Another nursing home resident is hospitalized with strep A infection, said Richard Quartarone of the Georgia Division of Public Health.
Two other residents of Bell Minor Nursing Home died with the bacteria. But their deaths are not believed to have been caused by it, Quartarone said.
Bell Minor Nursing Home officials contacted the health department on March 19 to request a review of their infection control procedures after a ...