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Several types of infectious agents have emerged in recent years. Some, like Candida auris, are newly recognized; others appear in new geographic areas either because their vector (e.g., a mosquito or tick species) invades new territory or, as seems to be the case with Vibrio vulnificus, the environment necessary for replication changes or expands. V. vulnificus grows in warm brackish water along the Southeast Coast of the U.S. and was previously found as far north as the Chesapeake Bay. Now, authors report 5 cases of V. vulnificus infection in patients exposed to water and shellfish in Delaware Bay, a cooler body of water north of Chesapeake Bay.
Patients ranged in age from 38 to 64 years, and four had underlying medical conditions that migh…