Elizabethkingia anophelis: Clinical Experience of an Academic Health System in Southeastern Wisconsin. Open Forum Infect Dis 2017;4(4):ofx251
Date
01/09/2018Pubmed ID
29308406Pubmed Central ID
PMC5751080DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofx251Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85056804311 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 27 CitationsAbstract
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%.
Author List
Figueroa Castro CE, Johnson C, Williams M, VanDerSlik A, Graham MB, Letzer D, Ledeboer N, Buchan BW, Block T, Borlaug G, Munoz-Price LSAuthors
Blake W. Buchan PhD Professor in the Pathology department at Medical College of WisconsinCarlos E. Figueroa Castro MD Assistant Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Mary Beth Graham MD Associate Chief, Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Nathan A. Ledeboer PhD Vice Chair, Professor in the Pathology department at Medical College of Wisconsin