European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                \ Page 8 the stars and stripes . Mrs urm.  Strep brings terror but no epidemic by Sheryl Stolberg los Angeles times los Angeles a before the nightly news showed gruesome photos of human limbs devoured before drive time deejays Yuk ked up the dreaded a flesh eating bacteria a before British tabloids screamed a killer Bug ate my face and people fretted Over an epidemic that does not exist there was Luis. This Little boy then 4, arrived at the emergency room of childrens Hospital los Angeles 18 months ago. He had a bad Case of Chicken pox and his parents said his hip Hurt. The doctors knew immediately it was far More serious than that. The child whose real name has been kept confidential was in Shock when he entered the intensive care unit. His kidneys were failing. His blood pressure was erratic. Clots were forming in his arteries. Worse he had a ghoulish Case of gangrene. His legs swollen and purple were withering away. A the was perilously close to death a says or. Larry Ross an infectious disease specialist at childrens. Luis survived a a a it a miraculous a Ross exclaims. But the boy is in a wheelchair. Both legs were amputated below the Knees. What Luis had was devastating. But it was rare and it is certainly not new. His ailment was the same one that has gripped the Public consciousness a and imagination a in recent weeks infection with a deadly fast acting Strain of a common 3nd ordinarily benign germ group a streptococcus. Most group a infections cause nothing More than Strep Throat. But Luis had a rare aggressive form that entered his body through a Chicken pox sore and released lethal toxins that caused a Necro timing fascist is a literally death of the fascia the tissue that binds skin to muscle. Over the past five years scientists have tracked the this is one of the eternal fascinations of people like horror movies. It s something we re terrified of but we just can t help  Quot a warm con sporty re ene Gance c Vert far. Nicely scrims of group a Strep. These strains had been Jcrim fir half a Century or Mere and Ere nearly nacre Fiutem the late 1970s and Early i9bcs. But since recent enema of the disease appeared in Britain the tabloids Hae had a Field Day with Quot he fish a i n g b Aei my the phrase a if technically Rit accurate a has catapulted group a Strep Tram scientific curiosity to disease lore. It new holds a place on a fit of mysterious health threats that seem to come Cut of nowhere shipping up fear and then quickly fading from the sooth a n legionnaires Quot disease. Lyme disease. E. Ecu. Han tavirus. In fact. Group a Strep has made this list before. Four years ago killed Jim Hera Seru the creator o f the mappers. A spate it fright ring news stories followed. A a mean Strain of  trumpeted a wave Elk. Quot bad news bacteria a announced the  science in a report picked up by Media Cut nationwide. Killer germs Are perfect for prime time. The me invisible uncontrollable and in the Case of group a is rep can in ado the body in an Unna Tovnah sin  manner through a Cut or Serene. A this is one of the eternal  of people like horror movies Quot save Jim whom on. A a Rozemer f on my -�.r. I Roth Quot shoot of Home c. Trek it of my of Intens a res Rono  to fib As tree Tea .m.me-Ohotry, he Muse id Stefi vat ipg Eikmei soon is of  a Farrr of the open to 57 re Rue or . Borne Sinns Spe an. R? f men us a Ore  gun per that Laos .  be n mss. A Jeo. Rots a a cd it . Cairens  sit eoe com of to oocnr.s., Segev As it Ommy sub .  my too a Mise occurs to  tons re s   com oms or Aoura be inc i Runyon Rex act  use Oeum me mor Umro a it to see Ore  of scree a  tree Ore   Quot a hard a Imi or can Necic of. Nor Quot ilk a firmo. Teri  i Mem red i woman a  to one no fio a define Ore scone week or or. The Mem a it  m it Orril Reva fish Doc Mol tuesday when    mar re is ird to so to us. The woman vols Ciaci Ramon c  to mid eve. In . . I Emser out srem. Reuses was rarer edmo be a fib be Fie s  the of Hal orcs Torrs rime a sed More or  i  firm fits ohm comity this year.  me Puree  Ion a  Monk so a no Sims  Oder few. Efimy Oue Nunns a . Us in Ruic sep Ocue us of herero Proem so be a a or. Trie Rise my Row be me o a  be in of eur Dorr  o re a oculus a Lack i move of a toe mum is that we rime. Neom Tecc mar Monjon f r a  Nam Omen in Sao to Obyrn in  of the Vrr mrkus of . So a to nos a Otoe. Hotel the Corm upon ,- Resmi Mulbar Tor  Fie David Lawson 38, Waves to other death Row inmates monday in Raleigh . He was executed wednes div. Killer who lost to bid executed Raleigh , apr a killer who wanted his Gas chamber execution televised on Phil Donahue a show appeared to scream a to human  human a As he took his last gasps Early wednesday. David Lawson 38, was executed for the 19so murder of Wayne Shinn who caught Lawson breaking into his House. Strapped into a wooden chair and wearing Only White Boxer shorts a diaper and socks Lawson began filing As his executioners masked his face. His words weren t Clear through the double pared windows of the death chamber but he seemed to Sucu a i human i human a As the airtight Ducr to the room was clamped shut. He continued screaming As the fog of Cas Rote Abc him then gasped for about five minutes and was sufi. A i  a human being no More and no lets than any. Other human being. It s no More right Lor the state a North Carolina to Lake my life than it was for me to Kud Wayne Shinn a he said earlier in his final statement. A a in a sorry11 killed wave Shinn. 1 Hope North  will one Day be sorry that they killed  Lawson had said televising his  a fid give his a Fie meaning. . A beat contended the a be has the ref 1 1 a he Quot a a a k .1. I j state Effie Ali agreed that Teri. Would make a circus c it. Death to inmates n n far. Re n a p t a. J. R a i t t Quot a i a a 4 a a _ offi Fala had no Choice  chimber. In Tae da1., the a Quot s. N. La a n prostate test May head off cancer surgery not of Infin fir a thous on of in tits. Homce rim i uror   my r  i la he toe Moc Kin gent  re Arnm  blood tear my Bun p a  v v   Euis Home no erred Morr Ore g Zofi.  s Kyj it the Muuga fir me Tret Smisor o by us e or Dpi it. My Becco. Vic a my my Cue emm flu mum. No Quot a. Eccl  sur Purdy memo e my n of car if Arm  my Eunjun us eur Nimna  Eti Omemee r me Macc rom. Stove tie   bar Raeuper me  tar. I True or. Me oooo  Cir Nde ii by Steno Iii me buteo Mem Kush As Rumen. A Cmur Vitery . M me Mao.  ram memo  Vii ewer this. M me Uene my  bomb my. Norm bum Omro a Temoer. ,.m re  be  a a irk. In s temm l to comp  l the.umma to my Ousep i.  i site Puco to it  me Melum  my Fie Rumohr a Mikolin  tour report Mem a n a  Tsitir a Ore or  a   time me. Forums r Neuv  7 Mem a. A a r .e a Leo Murm l Lemom a nuts  mueitmi.-, be the mrs v . Vet. 1.l or nomm Vii be a a r or Vuk. I -4. Rev it no car. Is Rui. The a it Tab  Vuk