Alleged pimple on the butt turned out to be a deadly infection of carnivorous germs

Necrotizing fasciitis: woman dies from carnivorous bacteria

In the US, a 50-year-old woman died after having been infected with carnivorous bacteria. Her husband assumes she could have been saved if the doctors diagnosed so-called necrotizing fasciitis earlier. His wife had initially assumed that she had only a painful pimples on the butt.

Infection with carnivorous bacteria

A woman from Indianapolis, Indiana died two months after infection with carnivorous bacteria. The 50-year-old had probably contracted the so-called necrotizing fasciitis while vacationing in Florida. Her husband believes the doctors could have saved her if they had made the right diagnosis the first time.

In the US, a woman has become infected with carnivorous bacteria and has died. She probably got the infection in a hotel hot tub. (Image: teine ​​/ fotolia.com)

Unusual wound on the butt

Carol Martin and her husband Richard were on a family vacation in Florida, according to a News Channel 8 news channel.

The man said that his wife spent some time in the hotel's jacuzzi.

When they returned to Indianapolis, she found an unusual wound.

"She had something like a pimple on her right buttock. She said it was kind of painful, "Richard Martin said.

Patient sent home with antibiotics

According to a report by the station's "The Indy Channel", the pain became so severe that the 50-year-old went to the doctor.

But: "They sent her home with antibiotics and a heating pad and it got worse," said the husband.

When it became clear that the treatment was not working and the infection worsened, Carol returned to St. Francis Hospital a third time, where the doctors eventually opted for a biopsy.

This revealed that she had a necrotizing fasciitis.

Died shortly after discharge from the hospital

"At the emergency room, they said we're sorry, but they have a carnivorous bacterium, we need to get them to surgery immediately," Richard Martin said.

His wife had two surgeries and spent 16 days in intensive care before doctors let her return home.

But only a few days after the release, Carol Martin died.

Although her husband is not completely sure, she assumes that his wife contracted the infection during their holiday together in the hotel's jacuzzi.

Nobody else got infected with the carnivorous bacteria, but his wife was also the only one who used the whirlpool.

Serious bacterial infection

According to the National Heatlh Service (NHS), necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but serious bacterial infection that affects the tissues under the skin and the surrounding muscles and organs (fascia).

The infectious disease often starts with nonspecific symptoms such as local pain and fever.

Within a few days, the affected areas swell, with the skin above the infection becoming bluish-red and then bluish-gray.

"It is sometimes referred to as a" carnivorous disease ", even though the bacteria that cause it do not" eat "meat - they release toxins that damage nearby tissue," write the experts at the NHS.

"Necrotizing fasciitis can be a relatively small lesion, such as a small incision, but it deteriorates very quickly and can be life-threatening unless it is detected and treated early," the NHS continues.

Unfortunately, it always comes back to such infections, as another case from the US showed. There, a few months ago, an eight-year-old boy had been infected with carnivorous bacteria in a bicycle accident and subsequently died. (Ad)