Vibrio vulnificus — United States
While fishing in the Gulf of Mexico in mid-May 2016, a New Orleans woman contracted an infection with _Vibrio vulnificus_. Now, health officials are issuing a word of caution for those going to the beach off the coast of Louisiana.
The woman was beach surf fishing when she stepped into the mouth of a fish on 12 May 2016, WDSU reported. She cleaned the 2 small scratches, went to the hospital the next day and started taking antimicrobials. “A week later, my foot was still huge and I’m
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