
Vibrio Vulnificus Symptoms: 'Flesh-eating' Bacteria Kills Texas Man Who Went Wade Fishing with Open Wounds
http://www.newsweek.com/vibrio-vulnificus-symptoms-flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-texas-man-after-wade-1041077
An elderly man has died after becoming infected with a deadly flesh-eating bacteria, known as Vibrio vulnificus, while wade fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, Texas authorities said Tuesday.
After coming out of the water, the individual began experiencing severe leg pain and presented to a hospital in Nueces County, Texas, where doctors noticed classic signs of bacterial infection, according to local health officials.