Flesh eating bacteria in Florida waters
Kathy Egan
ECB Publishing, Inc.
Don't swim at the beach with open cuts, and don't eat raw oysters! Four people have died and at least seven others have been infected by Vibrio vulnificus, a type of flesh-eating bacteria found in salty or brackish warm water. The four deaths were reported in Bay County, Hillsborough County, Broward County and St Johns County. That means that frolicking in the waters of both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean demand extra caution this summer.
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