After a person contracted a rare bacterial infection at a Cape Cod beach , public health officials are urging people with wounds to take precautions around coastal waters and to be vigilant about handling and consuming raw seafood.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued an alert Wednesday about the "extremely rare case" of an individual developing a Vibrio vulnificus infection, which is more common in beaches on the Gulf Coast.

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Falmouth and Barnstable County health officials later released additional information saying that the case of the potentially deadly flesh-eating bacteria was confirmed in an older individual who was swimming with an exposed wound at Old Silver Beach in Falmouth.

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