A 78-year-old man died at a Bay hospital on Aug. 4 after contracting vibrio vulnificus. This marks the second local vibrio vulnificus death in 2025.
AI-assisted summary Two deaths in Bay County, Florida this year are linked to the bacteria vibrio vulnificus.
Vibrio vulnificus can cause necrotizing fasciitis, a severe infection often mischaracterized as "flesh-eating."
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