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- Title
Elizabethkingia anophelis: Clinical Experience of an Academic Health System in Southeastern Wisconsin.
- Authors
Castro, Carlos E Figueroa; Johnson, Carrie; Williams, Mary; VanDerSlik, April; Graham, Mary Beth; Letzer, David; Ledeboer, Nathan; Buchan, Blake W; Block, Timothy; Borlaug, Gwen
- 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%.
- Subjects
WISCONSIN; ACADEMIC medical centers; BLOOD; CELL culture; CROSS infection; EPIDEMICS; GRAM-negative bacterial diseases; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; PATIENTS; COMORBIDITY
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofx251