Officials: Cape Cod swimmer infected with rare bacteria that can cause ‘flesh-eating’ disease

The swimmer, described by officials as “an older individual,” went into the water at a Falmouth beach with an open wound.

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Massachusetts public health officials issued a warning Wednesday about the presence of a rare and potentially dangerous bacteria in the state’s coastal waters after a swimmer contracted an uncommon infection on Cape Cod.

The Vibrio vulnificus infection, from Vibrio bacteria, was identified last week in an “older individual” who went swimming with an exposed wound at Old Silver Beach in Falmouth, Falmouth and Barnstable County health officials said in a statement…

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