Sarasota County resident the latest Vibrio vulnificus death in Florida

Florida health officials reported Friday on the fifth fatality due to the bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus, in a resident of Sarasota County. It is not reported on how the individual contracted the infection. Other fatalities have been reported in Broward, Citrus, Palm Beach and Santa Rosa counties earlier in the year. The total number of cases reported ["]