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| |    Consumer Alert from CDC Consumer Alert: False Internet Report About Bananas The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases states that the current email circulating about Costa Rican bananas causing the disease'necrotizing fasciitis' is false. We have not heard any reports of cases of necrotizing fasciitis associated with bananas. There is no evidence that necrotizing fasciitis is transmitted by food. The bacteria which most commonly cause necrotizing fasciitis live in the human body. The usual route of transmisson for these bacteria is from person to person. The CDC Press Office has issued a notice at our website. If you would like more information about necrotizing fasciitis, you might wish to check our website here. Look under "Group A Streptococcus" which is the most common cause of necrotizing fasciitis. This page last reviewed February 10, 2000 National Center for Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA | |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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