And there is a little bit of truth to that. Oysters can carry a scary flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulnificus. You can get it from oysters or from swimming in warm brackish water.

If you've ever opened a can of oysters and discovered a noticeable green tint to the meat, you may have been tempted to toss ...

Over the past year alone, multiple recalls have been issued because of the potential contamination of oysters with foodborne ...

However, in addition to Vibrio, other bacteria associated with raw oyster illnesses include Campylobacter, salmonella and Shigella. Then there are debilitating viral infective agents such as the ...

Maura Santos said she was poked in the left hand on Nov. 21 at Olive Supermarket while grabbing tilapia from an ice display ...

leading to increased mortality rates in oysters. For instance, low salinity stress combined with Vibrio alginolyticus infection has been linked to significant mortality due to immune dysregulation ...

Consider this: Almost all oysters in the Gulf of Mexico are infected with a flesh-eating bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus (Hlady & Klontz, 1996). The good news? Fewer than 50 cases of V. vulnificus ...

A Florida man died on July 10 after eating a raw oyster at a Sarasota restaurant that was contaminated by the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, which can cause flesh-eating disease, or necrotizing ...

Oysters, for example, were out of the question for Xuxa Milrose, in-house nutritionist at Omni Wellness. “They commonly carry Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which are types of ...

And there is a little bit of truth to that. Oysters can carry a scary flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulnificus. You can get it from oysters or from swimming in warm brackish water.

from vibrio are quite rare. Most deaths are people with, weakened immune systems. People get exposed, to the bacteria through being in the water or, by eating raw oysters, clams, and crabs.