Necrotizing Fasciitis is a “flesh eating disease” that can be caused by more than one bacteria. Among these many causes is group A which is composed of Streptococcus pyogenes which is the most common cause of Necrotizing Fasciitis (Center for disease control and prevention, 2015). In 1883 during the Civil War, Joseph Jones was the first surgeon to discover Necrotizing Fasciitis.(Edlich,2015). It was named Necrotizing Fasciitis in 1918, which means a dead part of the skin tissue. Then in 2012 scientists and surgeons wrote a whole review on necrotizing Fasciitis. They came to conclusion that the earlier the treatment the better it is for the person who has developed this disease.This paper will discuss what bacteria forms the disease, who is
