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"We’re going to miss her."</p><div id="module-position-QpHsIzneQmw" class="story-asset pullquote-asset"><aside class="pull-quote"><p class="pull-quote-item">&ldquo;This is one of the things we&#39;d been worrying about once the flooding began, that something like this might occur.&rdquo;</p><span class="pull-quote-attribution">Dr. David Persse, Houston Emergency Medical Services director</span></aside></div><p class="p-text">The infection spreads quickly through muscle tissue and can cause organ failure. The type of bacteria was not identified in the autopsy report, but streptococcus A, klebsiella, clositrium, E. coli, staphylococcus aureus and aeromonas hydrophila are among the types of bacteria that can cause necrotizing fasciitis and can be found in floodwaters, according to the federal <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/features/necrotizingfasciitis/index.html">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a>. Vibrio vulnificus, another type of bacteria, live in brackish water. </p><p class="p-text">"It's tragic," said Dr. David Persse, the city's emergency medical services director told the <em><a href="http://www.chron.com/houston/article/Kingwood-woman-confirmed-as-Harvey-death-from-12230105.php">Houston Chronicle</a></em>. "This is one of the things we'd been worrying about once the flooding began, that something like this might occur."</p><div class="partner-placement partner-spike"></div><p class="p-text">Since 2010, 700 to 1,100 cases have been occurring in the United States each year, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</p><p class="p-text">The Harris County Institute of Forensic Science marked Reed’s death as the 36th in the county related to Hurricane Harvey. County emergency response officials have tallied at least 80 deaths in flood-affected areas since the storm hit Aug. 25.</p><p class="p-text">Contaminated storm water was the underlying cause of at least one other death during the hurricane and its aftermath.</p><p class="p-text"><span class="exclude-from-newsgate"><strong style="margin-right:3px;">► Aug. 30: </strong><a href="/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/30/texas-mom-dies-saving-her-infant-daughter-during-hurricane-harvey-flooding/615436001/">Texas mom dies saving her daughter during Hurricane Harvey flooding</a></span><br><span class="exclude-from-newsgate"><strong style="margin-right:3px;">► Aug. 29: </strong><a href="/story/news/nation/2017/08/29/rain-river-thousands-stranded-hurricane-harvey-continues-pummel-houston/611143001/">Levee breached near Houston in Hurricane Harvey aftermath</a></span></p><p class="p-text">Clevelon Brown, 64, of Galveston County picked up a bacterial infection from standing in flood water and died of sepsis, an immune-system response to infection that causes widespread inflammation.</p><p class="p-text">Rescuer J.R. 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