Cohen (2018) discovered, this past year the bacteria infected forty-nine individuals in Florida with 11 deaths, an increase from 2016 when 10 people died after 46 came down with the illness whose bacteria commonly dwell in warm, brackish water, but not oceans. Furthermore, Miami-Dade saw three cases in this 10-year time period, with 3 fatalities. Broward had 16 instances and six fatalities. Monroe had three situations and two fatalities plus Palm Beach had 12 conditions and four fatalities. While Brevard County led their state in …show more content…
He was deceased the following day after that swim, only after the Vibrio vulnificus caused septic shock, which resulted in kidney failure and his demise. Furthermore, reported by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vibriosis brings about an approximated 80, 000 illnesses and 100 fatalities in the United States yearly, in particular from May to October, once waters are more comfortable and considerably more individuals are going swimming. Regardless of the surge in bacterial infections, being infected with Vibrio vulnificus, and declining from its debilitating signs and symptoms is still very uncommon and is as rare as being hit by lighting (Cohen,