Vibrio vulnificus or Citrobacter freundii. Image Credit: CDC
Adriana Bello on 08th Jul

A 70-year-old woman contracted a flesh-eating bacteria while fishing with her husband off the Gulf Coast in Alabama. The...

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Daniel Francis on 02nd Jun

A 31-year-old man died for swimming in the Gulf of Mexico shortly after getting a tattoo. He was infected by Vibrio vulnificus,...

Irene Rondon on 12th Jun

A group of scientists from Louisiana State University, the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and the University of...