‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria Kills 2 S.F. Drug Users
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SAN FRANCISCO — City officials issued a health alert Thursday after two intravenous drug users died after being infected by a so-called flesh-eating bacteria.
A 33-year-old woman died June 6 and a 28-year-old woman died Thursday. Doctors have tied the infections to heroin the women, who were sharing needles, were injecting.
The bacteria suspected in the deaths is Clostridium perfringens and produces toxins that degrade human tissue, according to a city health official.
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