Man dies after going swimming with new tattoo A case study suggests fresh tattoos and flesh-eating bacteria can be a deadly mix.

Georgia woman who survived flesh-eating bacteria shares inspiring beach photo | Fox News Aimee Copeland, the Georgia woman defied the odds to survive contracting a flesh-eating bacteria in 2012, shared an inspiring message and photo Monday on Facebook.

Woman gets flesh-eating bacteria in eye after mud run After a Texas woman participated in a mud run, she discovered flesh-eating bacteria had infected the cornea in one of her eyes, making her blind.

Mother of two goes BLIND after competing in mud run Brittany Williams of Dallas, Texas competed in a mud run two weeks ago, and woke up the day after to see the whole room was white, learning soon after that she was blind from flesh-eating bacteria.

Georgia Woman's 'Long Road to Recovery' From Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Woman's 'Long Road to Recovery' From Flesh-Eating Bacteria A Newnan, Georgia, woman is now in recovery after she contracted flesh-eating bacteria.

Family: We don't know how she got flesh-eating bacteria

Florida warns of flesh-eating bacteria

Florida beachgoers warned about deadly flesh-eating bacteria Though rare, cases of Vibrio vulnificus can cause blistering skin lesions, septic shock, and even death

Man Loses Leg to Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Wading in Gulf Zach Motal thought he broke his foot, but learned he had necrotizing fasciitis -- flesh-eating bacteria.