Flesh-eating bacteria cases still extremely uncommon

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Dear Doctor: Every now and then I read about a death related to “flesh-eating bacteria” that was contracted in water of some sort. The most recent one was in the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey, near Houston. How does this happen? Is there anything we...

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