The U.S. is seeing a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a deadly "flesh-eating" bacteria found in warm coastal waters ...

Another person in Bay County has died from Vibrio vulnificus infection, the Florida Department of Health said, bringing the ...

In total there have been 57 confirmed cases of the infection caused by the "flesh-eating" bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, in the ...

Cases of "flesh-eating" bacteria infections are climbing across the Southeast. North Carolina has tallied 59 Vibrio infections and one death this year, while Florida and Louisiana have recorded eight ...

So far this year, the state reports 7 infections caused by vibrio vulnificus, often called flesh-eating bacteria, and more than 50 likely infections with other strains of vibrio bacteria.

Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic marine pathogen that can cause severe, sometimes fatal, infections in humans, ...

The flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, is commonly found in Gulf Coast waters, and recent cases have been reported in Florida. What to know.

Vibrio live freely in the water, concentrate in sediment and on plastics, and colonize the surfaces and guts of shellfish, fish and zooplankton. For those organisms, the bacteria can often be ...