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

Author:

Figueroa Castro Carlos E1,Johnson Carrie2,Williams Mary3,VanDerSlik April4,Graham Mary Beth1,Letzer David5,Ledeboer Nathan6,Buchan Blake W6,Block Timothy7,Borlaug Gwen8,Munoz-Price L Silvia1

Affiliation:

1. Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2. Infection Prevention, Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

3. Infection Prevention, Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin, West Bend, Wisconsin

4. Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

5. Infectious Diseases, Froedtert Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

6. Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

7. Microbiology, Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin, West Bend, Wisconsin

8. Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Abstract

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%.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Oncology

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