'Here And Now': Tracing The Wisconsin Elizabethkingia Outbreak

Image: CDC epidemicologist Michael Bell: "This is probably the largest [Elizabethkingia outbreak] we've seen." Wisconsin Public Television

wpr.org - March 14th 2016 - Scott Gordon

Elizabethkingia continues to challenge epidemiologists as it afflicts people scattered throughout southern and eastern Wisconsin. It's a type of gram-negative bacteria found commonly in the environment, but only rarely causes disease in humans. When an Elizabethkingia infection does strike, it’s dangerous because it tends to affect people with weakened immune systems.

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