PRO/EDR> Elizabethkingia anophelis – USA (13): (WI,IL) fatal, community acq

Elizabethkingia — United States
On 11 Apr 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of the USA notified PAHO/WHO of an outbreak caused by _Elizabethkingia anophelis_.
From 1 Nov 2015 to 30 Mar 2016, a total of 57 cases were reported from Wisconsin (56) and Michigan (1), including 18 deaths. [Currently, 63 cases and 4 possible cases in Wisconsin with 19 deaths as well as one fatal case in both Illinois and Michigan – Mod.LL]. The majority of the cases had _E. anophelis_ isolated from the bloodstream. Other cases had the bacterium