1 dead from flesh-eating bacteria in Hillsborough County: Health officials

The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) announced that one person in Hillsborough County has died from a flesh-eating bacteria called “Vibrio vulnificus.”

FDOH reported there have been 11 confirmed cases in Florida this year, and four people have died so far.

Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium normally lives in warm seawater, and infections are rare, according to health officials…

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