The culprit, Vibrio vulnificus, thrives in warm seawater and can get into the body through open wounds in the skin.

Eleven people in Florida have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, including 2 in ...

Rare flesh-eating bacteria has already killed four beachgoers in Florida this year - Record number of cases of the ...

Both of the man's legs became infected with necrotizing fasciitis, and he narrowly avoided amputation and perhaps even death.

Florida health officials confirmed that four people have died from Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria ...

Four people in Florida have died this year after contracting Vibrio vulnificus. Though rare, infections can also require intensive care or limb amputation ...

Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," can have horrifying and even fatal effects on humans. Symptoms, how to avoid it.

Medication administration involves antibiotics and pain medications. Heparin is often ordered for these patients to decrease the risk of vasculitis and thrombosis (Gillen, 1995). Broad-spectrum ...

Health officials say a flesh-eating bacteria has already killed four people in Florida this year. The bacteria, called Vibrio ...

Eleven people in Florida, including one in Manatee County, have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" ...

Florida is known for its beaches, sunshine, and the occasional gator story. But every now and then, headlines like ...

The best known of these, necrotizing fasciitis or “flesh-eating disease,” can quickly damage tissue severely enough to require limb amputation to control its spread.