Monsters Inside Me (I Smell Like Death)

How did Peter get this flesh eating disease?

• From eating a hamburger

• He was bitten by a sandfly

• The virus got in through the abscess in his tooth

• He got it at work

What skin disorder did Peter Haggerty almost die from?

• Leishmaniasis

• Necrotizing fasciitis

• Cryptosporidium

• Lyme disease

In order to get rid of the flesh eating disease, what did the doctors have to do?

• Gave him strong antibiotics

• Gave him a root canal

• Surgically implanted an anti flesh eating bacteria

• Surgically removed the dead flesh

Which of the following is not a symptom of the flesh eating disease experienced by Peter?

• Difficulty swallowing

• Difficulty breathing

• Foul smelling

• Tooth abscess

How does the flesh eating disease prevent the body's immune system from getting rid of it?

• It has special cloaking abilities that makes them seem harmless

• It is resistant to any attack by the immune system

• It is bigger than the immune systems white blood cells

• There are too many of them

True or false. The flesh eating bacteria can affect vital organs.

• True

• False

How many cases of flesh eating bacteria are reported each year in the US?

• Fewer than 1,000

• About 5,000

• 1 million

• 500,000

Up to ____ of all cases of flesh eating bacteria lead to death.

• 90%

• 50%

• 40%

• 20%

True or false. Humans normally have Streptococcus and Peptostreptococcus in their mouth.

• True

• False

How can Streptococcus or Peptostreptococcus cause the flesh eating infection?

• If they become a superbug

• If you don't listen to Ms.Jeudy

• If you don't brush your teeth

• If it enters the blood stream