Second D.C.-area man stricken with flesh-eating ba

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   (Reuters) - A flesh-eating bacterial disease has infected another Washington, D.C.-area man, local media reported on Thursday, just days after a man was released from a hospital following a near-deadly bout with the germ.

Joe Wood of Stafford, Virginia, said he was swimming in the Potomac River near the town of Callao earlier this month when a scratch on his left leg became infected with vibrio vulnificus, an aggressive bacteria that feeds on flesh, Washington D.C.'s WTOP radio reported.

The news comes just days after a 66-year-old Maryland man was released from a hospital after nearly losing a leg and his life to the flesh-eating bacterial infection that he contracted in Chesapeake Bay earlier in the month. 

The bacterial strain causes severe illness characterized by fever and chills, septic shock and lesions. Symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea.  

Vibrio cases are on the rise in the region. In a 2009 study, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation found that the increase in infections was linked to pollution and unusually hot summers.  

In Maryland, the number of all vibrio cases, including the strain that afflicted the two men, reached 57 last year, a 10-year high, according to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. 

Virginia had eight total vibrio cases last year, according to the Virginia Department of Health. There have been 27 cases so far this year.

Nationwide, there are as many as 95 cases of vibrio vulnificus infections each year, 35 of which result in death, according to CDC statistics.

Source:  http://news.yahoo.com/second-d-c-area-man-stricken-flesh-eating-222910741.html

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	(Reuters) - A flesh-eating bacterial disease has infected another Washington, D.C.-area man, local media reported on Thursday, just days after a man was released from a hospital following a near-deadly bout with the germ. Joe Wood of Stafford, Virginia, said he was swimming in the Potomac River near the town of Callao earlier this month when a scratch on his left leg became infected with vibrio vulnificus, an aggressive bacteria that feeds on flesh, Washington D.C.'s WTOP radio reported. The news comes just days after a 66-year-old Maryland man was released from a hospital after nearly losing a leg and his life to the flesh-eating bacterial infection that he contracted in Chesapeake Bay earlier in the month. The bacterial strain causes severe illness characterized by fever and chills, septic shock and lesions. Symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea. Vibrio cases are on the rise in the region. In a 2009 study, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation found that the increase in infections was linked to pollution and unusually hot summers. In Maryland, the number of all vibrio cases, including the strain that afflicted the two men, reached 57 last year, a 10-year high, according to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Virginia had eight total vibrio cases last year, according to the Virginia Department of Health. There have been 27 cases so far this year. Nationwide, there are as many as 95 cases of vibrio vulnificus infections each year, 35 of which result in death, according to CDC statistics. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/second-d-c-area-man-stricken-flesh-eating-222910741.html

LSU2001 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote LSU2001 Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: July 31 2014 at 8:36pm
	We have cases of this every year down here in Louisiana. Sometimes flesh eating, sometimes gastrointestinal due to eating contaminated oysters. It is common in warm brackish waters. Most fishermen, including myself keep a gallon of bleach handy to clean any wound that happens while fishing. Something as tiny as a stick by a shrimp or a pinprick from a hook can get it going. He'll, it's first cousin is Cholera so that ought to tell you how bad it can be. Tim

emporia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote emporia Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: July 31 2014 at 9:20pm
	Potomac River is fast moving deep water. Not brackish or slow moving.