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skin diseases caused by bacteria :: Article Creator Man Loses Leg To Flesh-Eating Disease Caused By Very Rare Fungus Infection © iStock Stock image: Artist's illustration of a mold that causes the mucormycosis fungal disease. A man had to have his leg amputated after contracting a "flesh-eating" disease resulting from an "extremely rare" fungal infection. A man came close to death and had to have his leg amputated after contracting a "flesh-eating" disease resulting from an "extremely rare" fungal infection. The individual in his 60s, who was a machinery operator, went to the hospital in Queensland, Australia, with a skin tear to his left calf, a BMJ Case Report said earlier this month. The man said he had injured his leg on a caravan door. Doctors eventually diagnosed him with necrotizing fasciitis—a rapidly progressing soft tissue infection that can potentially be fatal. Necrotizing fasciitis is al...