Vibrio vulnificus -- United States
A Florida man died from a "flesh-eating" bacterium after eating bad oysters, according to officials. The Florida Department of Health said that the 71 year old man in Sarasota, [Florida], died following his seafood meal on 8 Jul 2018 at a local restaurant.
His death came 2 days after he ate oysters containing the "flesh-eating" bacterium known as _Vibrio vulnificus_, which can be found in raw shellfish, according to news station WWSB. The illness is rare but can also cause vomiting,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5915557&promed&0
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