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Four people in Florida have died this year from Vibrio vulnificus, a rare flesh-eating bacterium found in warm, brackish seawater, among 11 confirmed cases, according to state health officials. CBS ...

The deaths were in Hillsborough, Bay, Broward and St. Johns counties, according to the Florida Department of Health.

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Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," can have horrifying and even fatal effects on humans. Symptoms, how ...