{"id":101077,"date":"2025-08-29T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/101077\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:20:09","slug":"two-dead-after-contracting-flesh-eating-bacteria-from-popular-seafood-product-as-dozens-infected-across-multiple-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/101077\/","title":{"rendered":"Two dead after contracting flesh-eating bacteria from popular seafood product as dozens infected across multiple states"},"content":{"rendered":"

By LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR, US NEWS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 01:31 EDT, 29 August 2025 | Updated: 01:33 EDT, 29 August 2025 <\/p>\n

Two people have died and dozens more infected after eating raw oysters from Louisiana<\/a> which were contaminated with flesh-eating bacteria.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Louisiana resident and a\u00a0Florida<\/a>\u00a0resident died after eating raw oysters and contracting<\/a>\u00a0Vibrio vulnificus, officials revealed this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The impacted oysters were harvested in Louisiana.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Health officials told WBRZ<\/a> that the total number of deaths related to the bacteria in 2025 alone has now been brought up to six.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Louisiana Department of Health molluscan shellfish program administrator Jennifer Armentor told the outlet that they have also identified 14 new infections.<\/p>\n

The total number of people infected this year has reached 34.<\/p>\n

‘It\u2019s just prolific right now,’\u00a0Armentor told the Louisiana Oyster Task Force on Tuesday at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Louisiana Health Department issued a statement on July 31 urging residents to ‘take precautions to prevent infection from\u00a0Vibrio vulnificus.’<\/p>\n

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A Louisiana resident and another person in Florida died after eating oysters and contracting flesh-eating bacteria, or Vibrio vulnificus<\/p>\n

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After such high numbers of cases, the Louisiana Health Department issued a statement on July 31 urging residents to ‘take precautions to prevent infection from Vibrio vulnificus’<\/p>\n

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Most infections come from those who have ingested raw or undercooked shellfish, especially oysters, because as the shellfish feed by filtering water, so ‘Vibrio can concentrate inside oysters’<\/p>\n

Vibrio typically live in warm coastal waters, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Swimmers with an open wound, a recent tattoo or piercing can become infected.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most infections come from those who have ingested raw or undercooked shellfish, especially oysters, because as\u00a0the shellfish feed by filtering water, so ‘Vibrio can concentrate inside oysters.’<\/p>\n

If infected, the bacterium can cause\u00a0necrotizing fasciitis which is ‘a severe infection in which the flesh around an open wound dies,’ according to the CDC.<\/p>\n

Many of those infected experience diarrhea and vomiting. Some severe cases require amputation and one in five are fatal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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