CALVERT COUNTY, Md. — After an Annapolis woman reported that her husband had contracted a “flesh-eating” bacteria from the Chesapeake Bay, residents are making their thoughts known.
The unidentified woman said her husband cut his leg on a fishing trap while in the bay. The cut later got infected and didn’t respond to antibiotics, landing him in a shock trauma center. The bacteria was Aeromonas hydrophila, an antibiotic-resistant “necrotizing fasciitis” which many refer to as flesh-eating bacteria. Doctors were able to save the man’s leg and expect him to make a full recovery.
Necrotizing fasciitis bacteria are found all over the world. The most commonly known flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, has been found in the Chesapeake in the past and has been in the news this summer because of ongoing cases in Florida…