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A 77-year-old Houston woman died earlier this month from a flesh-eating bacteria, which she contracted after falling into Harvey floodwaters in her home, authorities said.
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Nancy Reed, of the Kingwood area of northeast Houston, died on Sept. 15 of flood-related <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/lifestyle/health/flesh-eating-disease.htm" id="ramplink_necrotizing fasciitis_" target="_blank">necrotizing fasciitis</a>, more commonly referred to as flesh-eating bacteria, after she fell into contaminated flood water in her home, the Harris County medical examiner's office ruled.
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The disease, which spreads rapidly through muscle tissue, is typically only seen in people with weak immune systems, according to the Harris County Public Health office.
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A flood rescuer in Missouri City, Texas, located about 25 minutes southwest of Houston, also <a href="http://abc13.com/health/man-catches-flesh-eating-bacteria-from-harvey-flood/2453528/" target="_blank">contracted a flesh-eating bacteria</a> after the deadly hurricane struck, but he survived.
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The <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/lifestyle/health/center-for-disease-control.htm" id="ramplink_Center for Disease Control_" target="_blank">Center for Disease Control</a> says between 700 and 1,100 cases of necrotizing fasciitis are diagnosed in the United States each year, but it says that is likely an underestimate.
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Much of the floodwater related to Harvey -- which made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 hurricane in late August -- has now receded, but medical experts say the bacteria can remain present on items that have come in contact with contaminated water.
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“People think, 'Oh, I don't have water anymore, I'm not at risk,'" Dr. Umair Shah, executive director of Harris County Public Health, <a href="http://abc13.com/health/man-catches-flesh-eating-bacteria-from-harvey-flood/2453528/" target="_blank">told ABC’s Houston affiliate KTRK</a>. "I think that's the big misnomer."
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Reed is the 36th death in Harris County to be linked to Hurricane Harvey, which killed 75 people statewide.
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A family friend <a href="http://www.chron.com/houston/article/Kingwood-woman-confirmed-as-Harvey-death-from-12230105.php" target="_blank">told the Houston Chronicle</a> that she broke and cut her arm when she fell earlier this month.
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After the injury became infected, she was treated at Memorial Hermann Hospital-The Woodlands and then taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas Medical Center, where she died, according to the Houston Chronicle.</p>
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