One in five people infected with Vibrio vulnificus die, sometimes within just one or two days of developing symptoms.

A rare species of so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria found in raw shellfish or seawater has been linked to five deaths in Florida this year, state health officials said. Vibrio vulnificus, a dangerous ...

Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people. In September 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

“Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) of the head and neck is a rare but rapidly progressive and life-threatening soft tissue infection that constitutes a true surgical emergency” Contrast-enhanced CT scan ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

Some vibrio infections can lead to necrotizing fasciitis, a serious form of bacterial infection commonly referred to as "flesh-eating" disease. People who get this serious form of vibrio infection may ...

A 62-year-old Florida man is recovering from necrotizing fasciitis, also called flesh-eating bacteria, which he contracted while on vacation in the Bahamas. The fast-spreading infection nearly killed ...

Michael 'Moose' Mallinis, 73, developed blisters on his legs after emptying crab traps on Mobile Bay and died two days later ...