Man dies after swimming with new tattoo

By Ben Tinker, CNN

Updated 0315 GMT (1115 HKT) June 3, 2017

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A 31-year-old Texas man got a tattoo on his right leg, according to a case study in the journal BMJ, and went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico five days later.
Photos: Tattoo death from septic shock
A 31-year-old Texas man got a tattoo on his right leg, according to a case study in the journal BMJ, and went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico five days later.
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Just three days after swimming, he was admitted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas with severe pain in both of his legs and feet. He quickly developed a purple patch on his right hip.
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Just three days after swimming, he was admitted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas with severe pain in both of his legs and feet. He quickly developed a purple patch on his right hip.
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The man's symptoms included a fever, chills and redness around his tattoo and elsewhere on his legs, including his left calf.
Photos: Tattoo death from septic shock
The man's symptoms included a fever, chills and redness around his tattoo and elsewhere on his legs, including his left calf.
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The man tested positive for Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium commonly found in coastal ocean water.