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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 ...
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 ...
A flesh-eating bacterium has come for East Coast beaches—and it can kill you in two days. The CDC has officially issued an emergency health alert.
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]
Enterococcus bacteria is not harmful by itself, but it indicates harmful bacteria is in the water. These types of bacteria can cause gastrointestinal illnesses, resulting in vomiting and diarrhea. [1] [3] They may also cause upper respiratory illness as well as skin infections at an open wound. [3]
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 ...
Year City Venue Source Cases Deaths Fatality rate Notes 1965: Washington, D.C., United States St. Elizabeths Hospital: Unknown: 94: 16: 17%: The outbreak occurred in 1965, but was not identified as legionnaires' disease until saved blood serum was exposed to bacterial samples from the 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak.