After fishing on the Maurice River in New Jersey, a man fell prey to carnivorous bacteria that literally devour his limbs and pose a direct risk of death. To save the victim's life, it may be necessary to amputate both arms and legs if his body ...

Carol Martin, 50, from Indianapolis, Indiana, died after a vacation in St. Petersburg, Florida in February 2018, where she traveled every year to watch the races. Presumably the cause of death was the carnivorous bacteria that she contracted while bathing during ...

Jeanette LeBlanc, 55, died from carnivorous bacteria that she contracted while visiting friends in Louisiana. According to the friend of the deceased, Karen Bowers, the woman fell ill after they ate raw oysters purchased at the Westvego market, writes the Daily Mail. First they ...

Two months after Hurricane Harvey in Texas, 31-year-old Jose Zurita died of a rare infection of carnivorous bacteria known as necrotizing fasciitis, which he most likely contracted while cleaning his house after the hurricane, writes CNN. The man helped with the repair of houses damaged by the elements, ...

Lindsay Hubley, a 33-year-old mother of her newborn baby from Canada, filed a lawsuit against the hospital after she was diagnosed with carnivorous bacteria four days after giving birth. She accuses the doctors of the IWK medical center of negligence, since they sent her home after giving birth ...