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Five people in New Jersey have been treated over the past two years for a flesh-eating bacteria that could become more common in the area as ocean temperatures continue to rise, according to a study. The five people, including one who died, were all treated at Cooper University Hospital in Camden for vibrio vulnificus, more commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, Patch reported. All five ranged in ages between 28 and 64 years old, and encountered the nasty bacteria between July 2017 and September 2018 in different areas, according to the report. Three of the patients got the illness while crabbing in the Delaware Bay, one of whom began suffering from severe pain and swelling in his right leg, his daughter told Patch, ultimately having his limbs amputated. One of the others contracted the bacteria while working in a restaurant, and the final one got it while cleaning and eating crabs while he had an open wound. That 64-year-old man developed lesions on his hands, which became very sw...

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