The Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, associated with raw or undercooked seafood and saltwater, has resulted in fatalities across the U.S., with five deaths reported in Florida and three in New York and Connecticut. Florida has documented 26 cases of Vibrio vulnificus this year, with the Florida Department of Health confirming two deaths in Hillsborough County alone. This pathogen can cause severe infections, including necrotizing fasciitis, leading to limb amputations and a mortality rate of approximately 20%. Warming waters are believed to increase the prevalence of this dangerous bacteria.
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The Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, which can be found in raw or undercooked seafood, saltwater, and brackish water, led to the death of two people since January in Hillsborough County, home of Tampa, according to the Florida Department of Health. An additional person died in each of the surrounding Pasco, Polk and Sarasota counties. Florida has recorded a total of 26 cases statewide this year.
The bacteria has led to other recent deaths in the Northeast, where New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced thevirusbacteria was detected in a person who died in Long Island.
You may have heard that you can get Vibrio infection from eating raw or undercooked oysters and other seafood. But did you know you can also get a Vibrio infection through an open wound? This can happen when a wound comes into contact with raw or undercooked seafood, its juices, or its drippings or with saltwater or brackish water.*
One species, Vibrio vulnificus, can cause life-threatening wound infections. Many people with Vibrio vulnificus infection require intensive care or limb amputations, and about 1 in 5 people with this infection die, sometimes within a day or two of becoming ill.
Some Vibrio vulnificus infections lead to necrotizing fasciitis, a severe infection in which the flesh around an open wound dies. Some media reports call this kind of infection “flesh-eating bacteria,” even though necrotizing fasciitis can be caused by more than one type of bacteria.
That is nasty. Vibrio is the genus that gives us Cholera too.Astronuc said:Rare flesh-eating bacteria kills 5 in Florida, 3 in New York, Connecticut
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...nificus-bacteria-kills-5-florida/70631024007/
Warming waters may enhance the presence of Vibrio in the water and in seafood.
https://www.cdc.gov/vibrio/wounds.html
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