A man contracted a "flesh-eating" infection, necrotizing fasciitis, after a family member bit his leg. Donnie Adams survived, but his doctor Fritz Brink said he came close to organ failure and sepsis.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The longer people take to seek treatment after suffering a bite wound from someone, the greater their risk the wound will become infected, according to a review of human ...

A Florida man nearly lost his leg when he contracted a nasty flesh-eating bacterial infection — after being bitten by a family member during a fight. Donnie Adams, of Tampa Bay, developed a small, ...

A Florida man nearly lost his leg from a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection that developed after he was bitten by a human while breaking up a family brawl, according to a report by NBC News. The ...

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Dec. 4 -- (HealthDay News) -- A human bite can lead to a dangerous infection, just as an animal bite can. About one-third of hand infections are caused by human bite wounds, which can be loaded with ...