Florida health officials confirmed on Thursday that a second person has died in the state from the flesh-eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus. The second death was reported in Marion County, and the first was reported in Palm Beach County. It marks the second death in the U.S. this year.
There have been 14 other cases confirmed across Florida, according to the state's health department. Elsewhere, there have been a total of six confirmed cases in Alabama, while Connecticut detected a case in February, according to state public health departments.
They come as Stony Brook University announced new research in April, finding that some bays and waterways off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., have developed the right conditions for Vibrio vulnificus to thrive.
Vibrio vulnificus cases are considered rare, with between 100 and 200 infections reported in the U.S. each year, according to the Cleveland Clinic. However, many people with an infection can become seriously ill, requiring intensive care or limb amputation. "About 1 in 5 people with this infection die, sometimes within a day or two of becoming ill," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Infections caused by other Vibrio species are much more common, with about 80,000 cases of vibriosis per year.
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There have been 14 other cases confirmed across Florida, according to the state's health department. Elsewhere, there have been a total of six confirmed cases in Alabama, while Connecticut detected a case in February, according to state public health departments.
They come as Stony Brook University announced new research in April, finding that some bays and waterways off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., have developed the right conditions for Vibrio vulnificus to thrive.
Vibrio vulnificus cases are considered rare, with between 100 and 200 infections reported in the U.S. each year, according to the Cleveland Clinic. However, many people with an infection can become seriously ill, requiring intensive care or limb amputation. "About 1 in 5 people with this infection die, sometimes within a day or two of becoming ill," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Infections caused by other Vibrio species are much more common, with about 80,000 cases of vibriosis per year.
#vibrio #cases #Florida
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