(tjean314) It’s not only brain-eating amoebas swimmers in warm waters have to worry about: Health officials in Florida are warning swimmers in the Gulf Coast about a flesh-eating bacteria in that ocean that so far has killed 10 people and hospitalized 32. Vibrio vulnificus is related to the bacterium that causes Cholera and usually lives in warm saltwater, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is also found in warm water oysters (which is why you eat fried oysters in New Orleans and not the kind prepared raw, which are from colder waters).
Gulf Coast Health Officials Warning Swimmers After Flesh-eating Bacteria Kills 10, Hospitalizes 32
Mary Beth Quirk, The Consumerist
Wed, 07/30/2014 - 2:28pm
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