Flesh-eating disease kills man suddenly

"A 40-year-old Windsor man has died on Mar 8th after contracting flesh-eating disease."

A day earlier, Montague, a father of two young children, noticed a small sore on his leg, and within hours fell unconscious. A day later he was dead.

Montague had necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but severe bacterial infection that can destroy muscles, skin and tissue and is spread only through direct contact.


We had a young Trooper in the Regiment who got this. He had sprained his ankle on a Sat night, and went to see the medics Monday morn. They shipped him directly to hospital where he had his leg amputated below the knee. He has since worked his way back into good enough shape that he was able to re-join the Regiment and I've heard that he may have deployed to Afghanistan.

The Public Health Agency of Canada estimates there are between 90 and 200 cases of necrotizing fasciitis per year in Canada, with as many as 30 per cent of those cases resulting in death.