A Louisiana man died after contracting flesh-eating bacteria while fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.The Town Talk reports the bacteria known as Vibria vulnificus – which is found in warm seawater – killed the 83-year-old man after his open wound got infected when water splashed on him during a fishing trip.“It thrives in warm water,” Dr. Tina Stefanski of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals told KATC-TV. “So, you can imagine in the summer months we see an increased number of this type of bacteria in warm salt water.”
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/07/08/man-dies-from-flesh-eating-bacteria-after-seawater-gets-into-open-wound/
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