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flesh-eating bacteria

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flesh-eating bacteria
A variant of Streptococcus group A, which causes toxic shock-like syndrome. See Toxic shock-like syndrome.


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It's scarier than flood or famine, terrorist attacks or flesh-eating bacteria.
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