As of Sunday, Oct. 20, there have been 74 cases of Vibrio vulnificus so far in 2024, according to data from the Florida Department of Health, tying the number of cases in 2022 when Hurricane Ian ...

And there is a little bit of truth to that. Oysters can carry a scary flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulnificus. You can get it from oysters or from swimming in warm brackish water.

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.

Nationwide, vibriosis from Vibrio vulnificus and other Vibrio bacteria causes an estimated 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

When the Bradenton man went fishing on Nov. 3, the footwear he was wearing rubbed against the back of his leg and broke the ...

All but two cases were diagnosed after the hurricane. Vibrio vulnificus infections can be caused after bacteria enters the body through open cuts. The bacteria live in warm brackish water ...