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Vibrio vulnificus is a gram-negative bacterium that causes two very bad syndromes - septicemia and necrotizing fascitis.

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People can aquire vibriosis by the following ways: eating raw or undercooked oysters and seafood, entering brackish or salt water with an open wound, and entering water that has been caused by a natural disaster such as a hurricane or a storm surge causing flooding.

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1. Do not eat raw or undercooked seafood. Cook your seafood!
2. Don't cross contaminate seafood juices with other foods.
3. Use good hygiene: WASH YOUR HANDS after handling seafood and/or preparing raw food.
4. Stay out of salt water or brackish water if you have a wound.
5. Wash wound if you come into contact with salt water or brackish water.
6. Wear water shoes in water to prevent cuts.
7. If you develop a skin infection after being in salt water or brackish water, tell your physician.

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Septicemia is caused by Vibrio vulnificus. Generally, a person that eats raw seafood or oysters that have  been in the waters with V. vulnificus. Sepsis is the body's most extreme reaction to an infection. It has a 50% survival rate.
Wound Infections, such as Necrotizing fascitis, are also caused by Vibrio vulnificus. It is a rare bacterial infection that spreads quickly throughout the body. It causes redness and swelling. This can be fatal very quickly.

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Anyone can get sick from vibriosis, but you may be more likely to get an infection or severe complications if you:

Have liver disease, cancer, diabetes, HIV, or thalassemia

Receive immune-suppressing therapy for the treatment of disease

Take medicine to decrease stomach acid levels

Have had recent stomach surgery

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Vibriosis causes an estimated 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths in the United States every year. People with vibriosis become infected by consuming raw or undercooked seafood or exposing a wound to seawater. Most infections occur from May through October when water temperatures are warmer.

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Vibriosis is treated by antibiotics and sometimes by skin and/or limb amputation. Patients also need to drink a lot of water to replace fluids lost in diarrhea.