Flesh Eating Bacteria News

Flesh-eating bacteria, resistant to many, if not most antibiotics, have becoming headline news, so the news of a 34-year-old New Orleans woman losing her arm due an infection caused by them may not be surprising, but the use of 'bath salts' in the incident may be.

EMS agencies have received almost 120 calls regarding the use of the product this year alone.

Flesh-eating bacteria devoured the muscle and skin on the arm of a New Orleans woman after she injected "bath salts," an increasingly popular stimulant drug.

A woman lost her arm, shoulder and collarbone due to flesh-eating bacteria that was caused by a self-injection of 'bath salts,' WWLTV reported.

NEW ORLEANS An injection of the street drug known as "bath salts" is the newest source of a flesh eating infection, according to the LSU Health Sciences Center.