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  • Missouri man dies after eating raw oysters and contracting flesh-eating bacteria

    06/20/2023 6:56:55 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 64 replies
    NBC News ^ | 6/12/23 | Mirna Alsharif
    A 54-year-old Missouri man died Thursday after he contracted a flesh-eating bacterium from eating raw oysters, officials say. The man, whom officials are not publicly identifying, became infected after he ate oysters he bought from The Fruit Stand & Seafood in the St. Louis suburb of Manchester, the St. Louis County Public Health Department announced Friday The bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus, is typically contracted by consuming raw or undercooked oysters and other shellfish. Symptoms of vibriosis, the disease it causes, include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever and chills. Death is rare after having contacted vibriosis, and it typically occurs in people...