And there is a little bit of truth to that. Oysters can carry a scary flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulnificus. You can get it from oysters or from swimming in warm brackish water.

Over the past year alone, multiple recalls have been issued because of the potential contamination of oysters with foodborne ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, uncooked oysters can carry vibrio bacteria, which can cause watery diarrhea, often accompanied by abdominal cramping, nausea ...

The oysters may carry vibrio bacteria, which can cause watery diarrhea, often accompanied by abdominal cramping, nausea, vomiting, fever and chills. Vibrio is a naturally occurring bacteria and ...

I wasn't even perturbed by a late 1980s study linking oyster intake, intestinal symptoms, and Vibrio stool cultures in roughly 500 doctors and scientists visiting New Orleans. Yes, those who ate ...

Consider this: Almost all oysters in the Gulf of Mexico are infected with a flesh-eating bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus (Hlady & Klontz, 1996). The good news? Fewer than 50 cases of V. vulnificus ...

from vibrio are quite rare. Most deaths are people with, weakened immune systems. People get exposed, to the bacteria through being in the water or, by eating raw oysters, clams, and crabs.