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Elizabethkingia bacteria found in a baby in Wisconsin

The CDC and State Department of Hygiene did not recommend culturing any additional patients or hospital staff


Elizabethkingia bacteria has been found in a baby, who is now being treated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Children's Hospital in Wauwatosa, Wis., according to an article on the WTMJ-4 website. 

There's no indication of a serious infection in the infant.

The bacteria is not spread through air and is destroyed by following proper hand-washing protocols, according to the hospital.

The CDC and State Department of Hygiene did not recommend culturing any additional patients or staff at the time of the announcement.

Read the article.

 



May 2, 2016


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