Vibrio vulnificus -- United States
A local man has been sickened by a rare form of flesh-eating bacteria linked to fish from grocery store tanks. This is the 2nd such case in the area recently; a woman was sickened by _Vibrio vulnificus_ in November 2016 after cutting her hand while preparing tilapia purchased at a Bellevue seafood store. The woman sickened in the Bellevue case eventually recovered.
In this most recent case, King County health officials say the man, who is in his 40s, cut his hand while preparing the fish.
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2u0odcz
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