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Necrosis

Cure

No known cure

Type

Bacterial infection

Symptoms

Black skin blotches • tissue decay • gangrenous appearance

Disease name

Necrosis

Causative agent

Necrobacter spp.

Research efforts

Collaborative study to find a cure

Current treatment

Antibiotics

Modes of transmission

Contact with infected individual • soil or water contamination

Necrosis