Outbreak of flesh eating bacteria

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After COVID 19 a potentially deadly disease has recently spread in Japan known as Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome or STSS. Doctors have also named the disease "flesh-eating bacteria". This disease is capable of killing an infected person within 48 hours, and is spread through person-to-person contact.It is prompting questions about what causes it and how to prevent it. Japan reports record spike in this potentially deadly bacterial infection.This infection is caused by Group A Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes) bacteria on primary human neutrophil. Group A strep is one of the main causes of STSS.Streptococcus pyogenes is a species of Gram-positive, aerotolerant