Laura Barajas had her arms and legs amputated after contracting the aggressive bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, likely from ...

LeBlanc elaborated in the comments that both he and Clark “got vibrio vulnificus.” Vibrio vulnificus infections are rare, but ...

Consider this: Almost all oysters in the Gulf of Mexico are infected with a flesh-eating bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus (Hlady & Klontz, 1996). The good news? Fewer than 50 cases of V. vulnificus ...

A VISIT to the wet market almost turned fatal for a woman in Fujian, China, after she was believed to have contracted a ...

and rare flesh-eating infections (Vibrio vulnificus). Some of the identified bacteria aren’t typically found in water. Residential sinks had significantly higher relative abundances of seven kinds of ...

Januario Hospital. She had been infected with the potentially deadly “flesh-eating” bacteria Vibrio vulnificus: a distant, yet equally dangerous, cousin of the notorious V. cholerae.

At least 64 million gallons of partially treated wastewater have been released into local waterways since Hurricane Debby ...

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But it's still a scary story. The bacteria vibrio, vulnificus can kill someone within 48 hours. It lives in warm sea water. It can get into the body through, an open wound, even a tiny one like an ...