Posted on 03/03/2016 11:11:04 AM PST by BenLurkin
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating 18 deaths and 44 cases of infection from Elizabethkingia in Wisconsin.
The agency is investigating how people came in contact with the bacteria, which rarely infects humans but is often antibiotic-resistant. The agency has dispatched experts to investigate.
Most infected patients are over age 65 and have at least one other underlying illness, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Symptoms of Elizabethkingia infection include fever, shortness of breath, chills or cellulitis.
Six possible cases were reported to the state between Dec. 29 and Jan. 4, with 38 additional cases identified after statewide surveillance was set up by the agency after the initial reports.
"At this time, the source of these infections is unknown and the department is working diligently to contain this outbreak," state officials said...
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
ElizabethKingia?
Future Hillary voters?
Docs come out scratching their heads.
“Mr. Veeblefester, we have bad news and good news.”
“Okay, give me the bad news first.”
“You have a condition which is heretofore completely unknown, and is most likely both fatal and incurable.”
“Good gracious! What could possibly be the good news?”
“We’re naming it after you.”
But Seriously:
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethkingia_meningoseptica
“Elizabethkingia are bacteria that are rarely reported to cause illness in humans, and are uncommon colonizers of the respiratory tract.
“The signs and symptoms of illness that can result from exposure to the bacteria can include fever, shortness of breath, chills or cellulitis.”
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/disease/elizabethkingia.htm
"Cheeseheaditis"
Is Hilary there?
In NC we’ve got Fuquay Varina:-)
>”At this time, the source of these infections is unknown and the department is working diligently to contain this outbreak,” state officials said
What kind of “immigration” is going on up there?
“In 1994, it was reclassified in the genus Chryseobacterium and renamed Chryseobacterium meningosepticum[2](chryseos = ‘golden’ in Greek, so Chryseobacterium means a golden/yellow rod similar to Flavobacterium).
“In 2005, a 16S rRNA phylogenetic tree of Chryseobacteria showed that C. meningosepticum along with C. miricola (which was reported to have been isolated from Russian space station Mir in 2001 and placed in the genus Chryseobacterium in 2003[3]) were close to each other but outside the tree of the rest of the Chryseobacteria and were then placed in a new genus Elizabethkingia named after the original discoverer of F. meningosepticum.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethkingia_meningoseptica#Microbiology
Infection[edit]
E. meningisepticum predominantly causes outbreaks of meningitis in premature newborns and infants in neonatal intensive care units of underdeveloped countries. Some of the outbreaks have been linked to sources like contaminated lipid stock bottles, contaminated venous catheter lines and nutritional solution, and tap water. The bacterium is also a rare cause of nosocomial pneumonia, endocarditis, postoperative bacteremia, and meningitis in immunocompromised adults. Only recently has it also been found to cause soft tissue infection and sepsis in the immunocompetent[9] and in a case of a fatal necrotizing fasciitis in a diabetic patient.
Source: Wikipedia
“Two species of Elizabethkingia have recently been found to be abundant on the leaf and root surfaces of the tropical tree Gnetum gnemon in Malaysia.[5]
“Their role in the biology of the plant is unknown. Several other species of tropical trees studied did not have Elizabethkingia present on their leaves or roots, suggesting a host-specific relationship with Gnetum.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethkingia_meningoseptica#Presence_in_plants
Obama’s Illegals
They all have serious pre-existing conditions and the bacteria got into the blood stream somehow.
How many third world refugees were settled up there?
In NC we’ve got Fuquay Varina:-)
I think I met her at a Hippie music festival
Were they all in the hospital, too?
Elizabethkingia??? CDC investigates 18 deaths in Wisconsin.
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
That’s scary!
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