Vibrio vulnificus -- United States
While fishing in the Gulf of Mexico in mid-May 2016, a New Orleans woman contracted an infection with _Vibrio vulnificus_. Now, health officials are issuing a word of caution for those going to the beach off the coast of Louisiana.
The woman was beach surf fishing when she stepped into the mouth of a fish on 12 May 2016, WDSU reported. She cleaned the 2 small scratches, went to the hospital the next day and started taking antimicrobials. "A week later, my foot was still huge and I'm
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1ZeDOPK
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