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Elizabethkingia: What you need to know

Editor’s note: This is the information we have on Elizabethkingia as of March 16, 2016. We will provide updated information as it is discovered.

Stay up to date on the Elizabethkingia outbreak here.

Elizabethkingia is a group of bacterial bloodstream infections that has been making headlines because of an outbreak in southern and southeastern Wisconsin. Most patients acquiring the infection are over age 65 and have an underlying severe illness.

In this video, Dr. Thomas Fritsche, a Marshfield Clinic pathologist, shares the information you need to know.

3 responses to “Elizabethkingia: What you need to know”

  1. Darleen Jarocki

    This is a first for us! we are 79 and 84 years, and were not aware of this Elizabethkingia..Thanks for the info.I agree, with the fact tha many of the seniors, are not computer savy, and are not aware of this infection. Thanks

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  2. Virginia Kemplin

    This was very informative and I would like to believe that you have put this information out everywhere. There are many older people who do not have computers.

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    1. Kirsten Shakal

      Thank you for your feedback, Virginia. We are doing our best to share and hope our readers will share, too. -Kirstie

      Reply

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