Flesh-eating bacteria attack elderly North Florida man after crab bite

[steve2470]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/os-flesh-eating-bacteria-florida-20131002,0,7805763.story

An elderly Florida man is in a Jacksonville hospital fighting a dangerous coastal-bacteria infection as the 27th suspected Vibrio vulnificus victim this year in the Sunshine State.

George Clarke, 79, was infected with Vibrio vulnificus after a crab bit him Saturday night, said his grandson, Bob Karstetter. Clarke was bit in Nassau County, which is north of Jacksonville at the Florida-Georgia state line.

State health officials have confirmed 26 cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections this year. Nine have been fatal, including a Flagler County man who died of the infection.

[mindwalker_i]

1. Hey, you think we can get some of that into a bottle of whiskey?

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Vibrio Vulnificus.. it sounds like a Heavy Metal band, or maybe

the latin name for "Satan's Vibrator"

[zappaman]

3. pretty close to the title of a great album...

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Ooo, Blue Cheer!

You know, I think they were making some sort of drug reference with their name.

[frylock]

5. crabs bite?!!

I've been pinched before, but bitten? really?!

[JesterCS]

6. even mother nature says stay away from FL n/t

[seabeyond]

7. thanks. son is in louisianna.

just sent him an email telling him not to eat raw oysters.