The presence of a rare flesh-eating bacteria has been spreading across the United States, infecting beach goers and fish-eaters, leading to severe infections, limb amputations and death.Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that can , thrives in warm water and has been found on beaches from to and even as far north as . It can also be present in undercooked or raw seafood, such as oysters.Debbie King from Florida suffered a cut when she was climbing onto her friend’s boat in the Gulf of in August. While she initially thought nothing of the abrasion, just four days later doctors amputated her leg in order to save her life after it became infected with Vibrio vulnificus.
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