Elizabethkingia outbreak: What we know so far

The very unusual Elizabethkingia anophelis outbreak reported in a dozen Wisconsin counties since Nov. 2015 has infected 48 people, most elderly and all with an underlying health issue, resulting in 15 deaths, although it has not been determined if the cause is the bacterial infection, or the patients' other serious health conditions, or both. According to Dr. Nasia Safdar, ["]