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Flesh-eating bacteria cases on the rise: 3 things to know
Health officials in Louisiana have reported 17 cases of Vibrio vulnificus bacterial infections in 2025. All the cases required hospitalization and four resulted in death. The state has seen an average of seven Vibrio vulnificus cases and one death per year during the same time period over the past decade,
Several states have reported higher than normal cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium found in coastal waters.
In Florida, four people have died this year after they were exposed to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but deadly bacteria found in ...
Now, she had necrotizing fasciitis, a "flesh-eating" bacterial infection, that was spreading up her leg. "So, they had to take out a chunk of the back of my right leg, left leg, my arm," she says.
For the second year in a row, Japan is reporting record-setting numbers of a life-threatening bacterial infection. Experts are still trying to figure out what is behind the surge.
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