New research presented at the American Society of Microbiology 2019 conference shows that your skin microbiome, leaving behind bacteria that would normally be washed off in rivers or lakes.
The research comes as other news shows that flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, has been detected farther north than its typical home in warmer Atlantic Ocean waters, potentially due in part to climate change.
“This bug can be in the water, and if you go into the water and you have open sores or cuts on your body, it can aggressively enter those lesions and give you necrotizing fasciitis, a kind of flesh-eating bacteria, which can be associated with bloodstream infections,” Dr. William Schaffner, MD, a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, told Healthline.
Read the full Healthline report here: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-you-should-always-shower-after-you-go-in-the-ocean#Bacteria-making-headlines