flesh-eating bacteria

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, in addition to the loss of life and property damage, the Internet is reporting a sudden rise in flesh-eating bacterial infections. 
It's the stuff of nightmares — a small injury that turns deadly as a result of the unbridled proliferation of a common bacterium, such as Streptococcus sp.
The quick and frightening death of a man who contracted a kind of flesh-eating bacterium after cleaning crab pots has made