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Last week, a South Carolina man found that out the hard way after stepping on a seashell and getting a bad infection in his foot, according to ABC News4. After a visit to the emergency room, docs ...
The chiggers carrying a bacteria that can cause scrub typhus were found in several North Carolina state parks and recreation areas. Chiggers infected with potentially deadly bacteria found in NC ...
A man has been left unable to walk after contracting a deadly flesh-eating bacterial infection after strolling barefoot across a beach.. Brent Norman, from Charleston, South Carolina, is an avid ...
Epizootic Shell Disease (ESD) is an infection of the outer shell layer of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) by chitinolytic bacteria. Infection results in lesions and the degradation of each layer of shell, resulting in secondary bacterial infections and potentially death.
Vibrio vulnificus is a species of gram-negative, motile, curved rod-shaped (bacillus), pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio.Present in marine environments such as estuaries, brackish ponds, or coastal areas, V. vulnificus is related to V. cholerae, the causative agent of cholera. [7]
Cutaneous larva migrans (abbreviated CLM) is a skin disease in humans, caused by the larvae of various nematode parasites of the hookworm family (Ancylostomatidae).The parasites live in the intestines of dogs, cats, and wild animals; they should not be confused with other members of the hookworm family for which humans are definitive hosts, namely Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus.
The CDC estimates that vibriosis causes 80,000 illnesses in the U.S. Around 52,000 of those cases are from consuming contaminated food.
A 2021 systematic review of 32 confirmed and 45 probable cases of human infection with R. parkeri determined that 94% of the confirmed cases had fever, 91% an eschar, 72% a rash, 56% headache, and 56% myalgia, with similar percentages among the probable cases. [8] The rash was most frequently described as papular or macular. [8]