Causes of Necrotizing Fasciitis. Necrotizing fasciitis is commonly caused by group A Streptococcus (GAS) bacteria. That's the same type of bacteria that causes strep throat. However, several types of bacteria, such as staphylococcus and others, have also been associated with the disease. Necrotizing fasciitis occurs when such bacteria infect the superficial fascia, a layer of connective tissue below the skin.
Marie Maynard Daly April 16, 1921 â October 28, 2003 Marie Maynard Daly is the first African American woman to receive a doctoral degree â earning it from Columbia University in 1947.
By Chris Gaylord November 7, 2011. Marie Curie received a birthday salute on Monday with a painterly Google doodle. Marie Curie was a woman of firsts. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two of them, and the first of only two people to win a Nobel prize in two different fields (chemistry and physics, in her case).