flesh eating bacteria

Fishermen and boaters in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast are being advised to exercise extreme caution after reports of a deadly flesh-eating bacteria was found lurking in the waters.

Flesh-eating bacteria is showing up in Louisiana waters about six weeks earlier than normal this year.

A vacation trip to Destin turns into a major medical nightmare for a family on vacation there.

Texas woman Jeannette Leblanc was visiting Louisiana back in September when she contracted Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria. After three months fighting the bacteria in a Baton Rouge hospital, Leblanc passed away mid October. Doctors say there are two possibilities regarding how she contracted the bacteria.

Almost two months after making landfall Hurricane Harvey has claimed another life in a most unusual way.

It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie but it's a very real threat for beachgoers along the Gulf Coast.

Two men from Mississippi were attacked by a flesh eating bacteria after being in Louisiana waters.