[CurlyDave]

...Vicki Bergquist and wife Jeanette LeBlanc...

She actually caught it from a clam.

[Smittie]

I would guess the infection came from a cut on her leg coming into contact with contaminated water and not from eating the oysters themselves.

That said, I never understood how or why someone would eat anything as disgusting as an oyster, especially a raw one...

[prophetic]

So I guess the correct headlines should read as “Woman eats Oysters, then later the Oysters eat the woman back”.

[Windflier]

"Vicki Bergquist and wife Jeanette LeBlanc..."

Weird. Most guys named Victor, go by the nickname, Vick.

[Nifster]

She had open wounds with the bacteria in it.....put money on that being the primary cause

[firebrand]

You have to get them from a reputable place that tests the water constantly.

[CopperTop]

I met a guy on Oak Island in NC that repairs fishing reels. Years beck he had slipped on some oyster rocks and contracted this bacteria on his legs.
The damage you could see was pretty dramatic.

[wideminded]

I used to like eating raw oysters. but I don’t think I would do that any more. For one thing, eating raw food in general seems to have become more dangerous. But even a long time ago I once became very ill for a few days after eating raw oysters at a restaurant.