Brackish water has proven deadly in the Sunshine State as cases of a flesh-eating bacteria have been linked to the shimmering coasts of Florida.

Vibrio vulnificus infections are rare, but about 20% of cases in the U.S. are deadly. Doctors explain the cause and symptoms.

Florida leads the nation in cases of Vibrio vulnificus — a rare but deadly flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm, ...

Q: What do you know about flesh-eating bacteria? After going to a hospital to get a mole checked, I developed an itchy rash that won’t go away. I am worried.

A flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulunificus that thrives in saltwater and brackish water had claimed the lives of four ...

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Flesh-eating bacteria “shouldn’t be taken lightly,” Florida Department of Health press secretary Jae Williams told Today. ... skin redness or rash, fluid-filled blisters, nausea, vomiting, ...

Eleven people in Florida, including one in Lee County, have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" ...

A woman nearly died of a flesh-eating skin infection that she contracted while ill with shingles. Her diabetes and shingles rash both put her at high risk for coinfection with more dangerous bacteria.

California Woman Infected with Flesh-Eating Bacteria Without Going Into the Water Noelle Guastucci was celebrating July 4th weekend when her foot suddenly started swelling and she developed a rash By ...

The deaths caused by Vibrio vulnificus bacterium were in Hillsborough, Bay, Broward and St. Johns counties, according to the ...

'Flesh-eating' infections that liquefy tissues can affect the vulva, doctors warn Hospital superbug can feed on medical plastic, first-of-its-kind study reveals A rash 'migrated' across a man's ...