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Florida Man Contracts Flesh-Eating Bacteria From Gulf Coast Water, Requires Leg Amputation
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Florida Man Contracts Flesh-Eating Bacteria From Gulf Coast Water, Requires Leg Amputation

A 74-year-old Florida man developed a severe Vibrio vulnificus flesh-eating infection after jumping into Gulf Coast waters with a leg cut. Within three days, his leg turned dark from bleeding under the skin, with gas bubbling from dying flesh. Despite emergency surgery and antibiotics, his leg required amputation above the knee. The case, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, underscores rising V. vulnificus infections linked to warming waters, with US cases increasing eightfold between 1998-2018.

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