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Rare tissue-damaging bacteria spreads in Japan, kills in 48 hours (www.japantimes.co.jp)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by nifty to c/world

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Rare tissue-damaging bacteria spreads in Japan (www.japantimes.co.jp)

submitted 5 months ago by Potatos_are_not_friends to c/world

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A disease caused by a rare tissue-damaging bacteria is spreading in Japan after the country relaxed COVID-era restrictions.

Cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) reached 977 this year by June 2, higher than the record 941 cases reported for all of last year, according to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, which has been tracking incidences of the disease since 1999.

At the current rate of infections, the number of cases in Japan could reach 2,500 this year, with a mortality rate of 30%,” said Ken Kikuchi, a professor of infectious diseases at Tokyo Women’s Medical University.

"Most of the deaths happen within 48 hours,” Kikuchi said. "As soon as a patient notices swelling in (their) foot in the morning, it can expand to the knee by noon, and they can die within 48 hours.”