{"id":48455,"date":"2025-09-27T03:58:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-5th-person-this-year-in-louisiana\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T03:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:58:50","slug":"flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-5th-person-this-year-in-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-5th-person-this-year-in-louisiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Flesh-eating bacteria kills 5th person this year in Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A fifth person has died after contracting a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/louisiana-oysters-vibrio-vulnificus-flesh-eating-bacteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rare, flesh-eating bacteria<\/a><\/span> in Louisiana, state health officials said this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vibrio vulnificus is a bacteria that occurs in warm coastal waters, CBS News previously reported, and is more common between May and October. It can cause illness including life-threatening necrotizing fasciitis, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vibrio\/about\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>. About one in five people with a Vibrio vulnificus infection die, according to the CDC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear how the person contracted the bacteria. The person was not identified in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ldh.la.gov\/news\/vibrio-seafood-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">news release from state health officials<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People can contract the bacteria by exposing an open wound to contaminated water or by eating raw or undercooked seafood, including oysters. Two of the Vibrio vulnificus deaths in Louisiana this year were in people who ate contaminated raw oysters, the state health department <a href=\"https:\/\/ldh.la.gov\/news\/vibrio-vulnificus-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in August<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/19\/099188ce-2313-48e1-89f1-6a51149ffeee\/thumbnail\/620x421\/d80a17dc79bf2740cd5cfe361cf6a266\/gettyimages-1134490799.jpg#\" alt=\"SEM of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria \" height=\"421\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/19\/099188ce-2313-48e1-89f1-6a51149ffeee\/thumbnail\/620x421\/d80a17dc79bf2740cd5cfe361cf6a266\/gettyimages-1134490799.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/19\/099188ce-2313-48e1-89f1-6a51149ffeee\/thumbnail\/1240x842\/0868c874d8db546eefa5b9987e3b47e1\/gettyimages-1134490799.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Vibrio vulnificus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Callista Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Louisiana and other states have been seeing an increase in Vibrio vulnificus diagnoses. Experts suggest the trend may be because of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/flesh-eating-bacteria-vibrio-vulnificus-florida\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">warming oceans<\/a><\/span>. The bacteria is usually found in the Gulf Coast, but has begun to become more common further north, said Dr. Fred Lopez, an infectious disease specialist at LSU Health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not just a Gulf Coast phenomenon any longer,&#8221; said Lopez. &#8220;Global warming is moving infections with Vibrio vulnificus up the East Coast.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>State health officials said that during the past decade, Louisiana has seen an average of seven infections and one death per year. In 2025, officials documented 26 cases of the bacteria, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-5-people-louisiana-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News reporter Kati Weis said<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There have also been 10 documented cases of the bacteria in Alabama and three in Mississippi, Weis said, and one of the Mississippi cases was fatal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/report-13-cases-of-flesh-eating-bacteria-eight-deaths-confirmed-in-florida\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS Miami<\/a><\/span>\u00a0previously reported 13 cases of the bacteria in Florida, with eight deaths. Cases of Vibrio vulnificus have been documented as far north as\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/flesh-eating-bacteria-vibrio-vulnificus-falmouth\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Massachusetts<\/a><\/span>. Some oyster beds have even been closed because of the bacteria, Weis said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kerry-breen\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kerry  Breen<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University&#8217;s Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News&#8217; TODAY Digital. 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