Rare 'flesh-eating' bacterium spreads north as oceans warm – Morning Journal
A rise in cases nationally and the spread of the disease to states farther north have heightened concerns about the bacterium.
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A rise in cases nationally and the spread of the disease to states farther north have heightened concerns about the bacterium.
Debbie King barely gave it a second thought when she scraped her right shin climbing onto her friend’s pontoon for a day of boating in the Gulf of Mexico on
A rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus and its spread northward have heightened concern about the bacterium, which can cause human tissue to rot and skin to decay. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to make more doctors aware of the dangerous pathogen.
Debbie King barely gave it a second thought when she scraped her right shin climbing onto her friend's pontoon for a day of boating in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 13.
A rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus and its spread northeast have heightened concern about the potentially fatal bacterium that can rot human tissue.