Sentences with word «vulnificus»

Half of all Vibrio vulnificus bloodstream infections are fatal.
Besides bacteria like V. vulnificus, a person with a new tattoo can also pick up a staph infection, says Dr. Green.
About 100 people die from Vibrio vulnificus infections every year.
Seafood disease Though these diseases do not pose a threat to human health, the warm - water bacterium Vibrio vulnificus does.
Vibrio vulnificus claimed 44 lives in Florida between 1981 and 1992, 35 of the deaths being associated with eating raw oysters.
Pillai said the FDA already has approved the use of electron beam technology as a pathogen intervention strategy to control the naturally occurring Vibrio vulnificus bacterial pathogen in shellfish.
For instance, all curved species of the genus Vibrio — including the species V. vulnificus, which is found in undercooked seafood and causes intense sickness — exhibit the protein CrvA, he said.
They were also searching for a vaccine for the bacterium Vibrio vulnificus, which infects shellfish off the South Korean coast.
Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that lives in the Gulf Coast waters and kills one in seven people it infects.
According to the FDA, raw oysters contaminated with Vibrio vulnificus can be life threatening or even fatal when eaten by someone with liver disease, diabetes or a weakened immune system.
Another Vibrio, the «flesh eating» marine Vibrio vulnificus, is also pretty deadly to humans.
For people with liver disease, diabetes, cancer, stomach disorders, or any other condition that affects the immune system, Vibrio vulnificus is extremely dangerous: it can invade the bloodstream, causing a life - threatening illness.
If a summertime trip to the shore always includes a stop at a raw oyster bar, consume with caution: Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus can both can be contracted by eating raw shellfish, especially oysters.
Doctors say the new body art left the unidentified 31 - year - old's skin vulnerable to infection while he took a dip in the Gulf of Mexico, and that he was exposed to a strain of bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus.
The man had chronic liver disease, which made him more susceptible to V. vulnificus.
Shortly after getting a new tattoo on his calf, the unidentified 31 - year - old took a dip in the Gulf of Mexico and contracted Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that typically lurks in seawater and in raw oysters.
Risk of particular infections, such as Vibrio vulnificus (commonly from seafood) is increased.
About 15 species are known to infect humans, two of particular concern are Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
In a study last year, the U.S. Climate Change Science Program indicated that an increase in sea - surface temperatures would lead to a proliferation of ocean bacteria species like Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus that cause seafood - borne diseases.
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