Elizabethkingia anophelis: Clinical Experience of an Academic Health System in Southeastern Wisconsin

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Dec 29;4(4):ofx251. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx251. eCollection 2017 Fall.

Abstract

In late 2015 and early 2016, 11 patients were identified with cultures positive for Elizabethkingia anophelis in our health system. All patients had positive blood cultures upon admission. Chart review showed that all had major comorbidities and recent health care exposure. The attributable mortality rate was 18.2%.

Keywords: Elizabethkingia; Wisconsin; outbreak.