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                <p>A Texas man has died after contracting a rare flesh-eating infection while fixing several homes damaged by <a href="http://time.com/4964511/hurricane-harvey-texas-recovery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Harvey</a>, health officials said.</p>
                <p>The 31-year-old Galveston man was hospitalized on Oct. 10 for a &ldquo;seriously infected&rdquo; wound on his upper left arm and died six days later, the Galveston County Health District said in a <a href="http://www.gchd.org/Home/Components/News/News/1748/65" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">news release</a> Monday. His official cause of death was <a href="http://time.com/4984752/flesh-eating-bacteria-necrotizing-fasciitis/">necrotizing fasciitis</a>, a deadly bacterial skin infection that rapidly eats away at the body&rsquo;s soft tissue, according to the local health district and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</p>
                <p>The man had been working on Hurricane Harvey recovery projects in the area, where health officials believe he contracted the infection.</p>
                <p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s most likely this person&rsquo;s infection occurred when bacteria from Harvey debris or floodwater entered his body through a wound or cut,&rdquo; Galveston County Local Health Authority Philip Keiser said in a statement. &ldquo;This is a very rare infection but that doesn&rsquo;t make it any less heartbreaking for this person&rsquo;s family and friends.&rdquo;</p>
                
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                <p>Officials have not identified the 31-year-old man. But local news channel <a href="http://www.khou.com/weather/harvey/felsh-eating-bacteria-patient-passes-away-after-hurricane-harvey/485508170" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">KHOU</a> said he was Josue Zurita, citing relatives. &ldquo;He&#8217;s a very caring person,&rdquo; said Brenda Avalos, who is married to one of Zurita&rsquo;s cousins. &ldquo;He has a lot of friends here in Galveston that love him. Everybody is very sad. He was very young and always smiling.&rdquo;</p>
                <p>Officials said this is the only known case of necrotizing fasciitis related to Hurricane Harvey in Galveston. In Houston, the infection killed 77-year-old <a href="http://time.com/4960763/flesh-eating-bacteria-texas-houston-harvey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Reed</a> last month. She died after falling into contaminated Hurricane Harvey floodwaters and contracting the infection, the Harris County chief medical examiner said at the time.</p>
                
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                <p>The CDC said more than one type of bacteria can cause necrotizing fasciitis, which can be treated if it is diagnosed in time. The most common type, group A Streptococcus, has led to about 700 to 1,100 annual cases of necrotizing fasciitis in the U.S. since 2010. It&rsquo;s unclear how many of those cases resulted in deaths.</p>
                <p>Health officials urged those working on hurricane recovery efforts to wash their hands often with soap and water and seek needed medical attention quickly if they sustain a cut or a wound.</p>
                <p>Hurricane Harvey hit Texas nearly two months ago, killing more than 80 people and destroying at least 176,000 homes, officials have said.</p>
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