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,...

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On September 11, when Michael Funk was cleaning his crab pot, little could he imagine that he would be dead in just four...

Daniel Francis on 29th Jun

A no-swim advisory has been issued for some of Florida Panhandle beaches by the Florida Department of Health due to the sighting...

Hector Morales on 27th Jun

The Dallas Morning News reported that Adrian Ortiz from Buda, Texas, was diagnosed with vibrio vulnificus which is a very...