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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Lurks Off Gulf of Mexico Beaches

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published July 7, 2017 at 9:43 AM EDT
FLESH-EATING BACTERIA: Centers for Disease Control warn of exposure risk to Vibrio Vulnifiicus bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico.
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FLESH-EATING BACTERIA: Centers for Disease Control warn of exposure risk to Vibrio Vulnifiicus bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico.
FLESH-EATING BACTERIA: Centers for Disease Control warn of exposure risk to Vibrio Vulnifiicus bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico.
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FLESH-EATING BACTERIA: Centers for Disease Control warn of exposure risk to Vibrio Vulnifiicus bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico.

BEACH-RELATED INFECTION:   As people flock to beaches this month, some unseen threats to their health are living in the water. There’s a Flesh-Eating Bacteria that’s infected a  South Texas man who was fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.    He is hospitalized for the Vibrio Vulnificus infection.   That’s a germ that lurks in the warm waters of the Gulf.  He’s being treated at a hospital in Galveston and may have to have his arm amputated.   Healthcare experts recommend beachgoers with broken skin, cuts, and scratches to avoid going into the water.  People can also get infected with Vibrio Vulnificus by eating raw contaminated seafood.  Symptoms include intestinal distress for a few days.   http://www.cdc.gov/vibrio  

INFECTED BY BACTERIA: A South Texas man became infected with Vibrio Vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria while wade fishing in the Gulfwaters off the Texas coast.
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INFECTED BY BACTERIA: A South Texas man became infected with Vibrio Vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria while wade fishing in the Gulfwaters off the Texas coast.
SEAFOOD RISK?: Healthcare experts warn that people can become infected with a milder form of Vibrio Vulnificus infection by consuming contaminated seafood.
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Courtesy: cdc.gov
SEAFOOD RISK?: Healthcare experts warn that people can become infected with a milder form of Vibrio Vulnificus infection by consuming contaminated seafood.

BEACH-RELATED INFECTION: As people flock to beaches this month, some unseen threats to their health are living in the water.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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