Flesh-eating bacteria is said to kill Aspen man (Vail Daily)

18 July 2008, 2:02 pm

ASPEN, Colorado — Peter Platek, a well-known Aspen musician and chef who died recently at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, succumbed to a disease formally known as necrotizing fasciitis, more commonly called the “flesh-eating bacteria.”... read more

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