Two new Elizabethkingia cases found in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Health Services says number of confirmed infections in the state is now 63


Two new Elizabethkingia cases were recently found in Wisconsin, according to an article on the Becker's Infection Control and Clinical Quality website.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says the number of confirmed infections in the state is now 63.

There are four additional cases, but those strains cannot be confirmed as being associated with the outbreak.

The Wisconsin outbreak began in November 2015. 

Read the article.

 



June 22, 2016


Topic Area: Infection Control


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