Lifelong boat captain George Billiris says he's lucky to be alive after Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria that lurks in warm coastal waters like those along Florida's Gulf Coast,

Louisiana state health officials confirm that three more people have been infected with vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, in the past month. The Louisiana Department of Health says 20 people have been hospitalized with such infections this year,