How to Use vibriosis in a Sentence
vibriosis
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Fever and nausea are also red flags that the vibriosis infection has spread to the bloodstream.
— Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 10 July 2018 -
About 1 in 4 people die from vibriosis, according to the CDC.
— Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 10 Jan. 2018 -
Most cases of vibriosis resulting from the consumption of raw oysters clear up in a few days, the CDC states, after diarrhea and vomiting.
— Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018 -
Once at the hospital, she was diagnosed with vibriosis, an infection caused by bacteria in the genus Vibrio.
— Sarah Klein, Health.com, 9 Jan. 2018 -
At the same time, Doktor tells Business Insider’s Woodward, the team warns that vibriosis isn’t the only infectious disease at risk of spreading due to global warming.
— Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 21 June 2019 -
And at least two other people in Collier County are being treated for vibriosis infections, Gambineri said.
— USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2017 -
To lower one’s chances of contracting vibriosis, the CDC recommends not eating raw or undercooked shellfish and covering open wounds with waterproof bandages.
— Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 21 June 2019 -
People with vibriosis become infected either by consuming raw or undercooked seafood or by exposing an open wound to seawater.
— Susan Scutti, CNN, 3 July 2019 -
But a much more serious and very rare strain of vibriosis, called Vibrio vulnificus, can cause wound infections or primary septicemia, a bloodstream infection characterized by blistering skin lesions and fever, the CDC reports.
— Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018 -
Doctors reportedly believed his years of alcohol abuse left him susceptible to vibriosis infection and septic shock.
— Fox News, 1 June 2017 -
Infection with any form of these Vibrio bacteria causes vibriosis, the symptoms of which include watery diarrhea, abdominal cramping, nausea, vomiting, fever and chills.
— Victoria Knight, CNN, 10 July 2017
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