Flesh-eating bacteria kills at least 5 in Louisiana
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Louisiana health officials urged residents to take precautions following an uptick in severe cases of a type of dangerous flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. So far this year, the state has reported nine cases, five of them fatal.
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