Mistaken for pneumonia, man diagnosed with flesh-eating bacteria VnExpress A 61-year-old man, Mr. Hung, experiencing fever and chills, was diagnosed with Burkholderia pseudomallei (also known as the "flesh-eating bacteria"), the cause of Whitmore's disease.
4 deaths in Florida linked to flesh-eating bacteria VnExpress Four people in Florida have recently died from the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, according to state health officials.
