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74-Year-Old Gets Flesh-Eating Vibrio Infection After Water Cut

4/29/2026

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Doctors diagnosed a 74-year-old patient with Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium in warm waters.
Surgeons began debridement after he was admitted with necrotic limbs from a leg cut jumping into the water.
Within two days his right arm showed discoloration, swelling and a hemorrhagic bulla, indicating spread.
Physicians noted dark tissue, subcutaneous bleeding and gas bubbles in the leg, confirming a Vibrio infection that enters wounds from water or seafood.

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Story summary

Doctors diagnosed a 74-year-old patient with Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium in warm waters.
Surgeons began debridement after he was admitted with necrotic limbs from a leg cut jumping into the water.
Within two days his right arm showed discoloration, swelling and a hemorrhagic bulla, indicating spread.
Physicians noted dark tissue, subcutaneous bleeding and gas bubbles in the leg, confirming a Vibrio infection that enters wounds from water or seafood.