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Health officials: Outbreak of bloodstream infections caused by ?Elizabethkingia? in Wisconsin
Posted 5:36 pm, March 2, 2016, by Katie DeLong
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Division of Public Health (DPH) is currently investigating an outbreak of bloodstream infections caused by bacteria called Elizabethkingia.
?The Elizabethkingia infection has been detected in 44 patients located in southeastern and southern Wisconsin. The majority of patients are over the age of 65 years, and all have serious underlying health conditions,? said State Health Officer Karen McKeown. ?As soon as we were notified of the potential outbreak, Wisconsin?s disease detectives began working immediately to identify the source.?
Illness associated with Elizabethkingia typically affects people with compromised immune systems or serious underlying health conditions, and can lead to death. While 18 patients who tested positive for the Elizabethkingiainfection in this outbreak have died, it has not been determined if the cause is the bacterial infection, or the patients? other serious health conditions, or both...
Health officials: Outbreak of bloodstream infections caused by ?Elizabethkingia? in Wisconsin
Posted 5:36 pm, March 2, 2016, by Katie DeLong
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Division of Public Health (DPH) is currently investigating an outbreak of bloodstream infections caused by bacteria called Elizabethkingia.
?The Elizabethkingia infection has been detected in 44 patients located in southeastern and southern Wisconsin. The majority of patients are over the age of 65 years, and all have serious underlying health conditions,? said State Health Officer Karen McKeown. ?As soon as we were notified of the potential outbreak, Wisconsin?s disease detectives began working immediately to identify the source.?
Illness associated with Elizabethkingia typically affects people with compromised immune systems or serious underlying health conditions, and can lead to death. While 18 patients who tested positive for the Elizabethkingiainfection in this outbreak have died, it has not been determined if the cause is the bacterial infection, or the patients? other serious health conditions, or both...
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