Elizabethkingia anophelis bacteremia is associated with clinically significant infections and high mortality

K. P. Lau, Susanna; Wang‐Ngai Chow, Franklin; Foo, Chuen-Hing; O. T. Curreem, Shirly; Chi-Shing Lo, George; L. L. Teng, Jade; Hon-Kwan Chen, Jonathan; H. Y. Ng, Ricky; Wu, Alan; Yu-Ying Cheung, Ingrid; Ka‐Yee Chau, Sandy; Christopher Lung, David; A. Lee, Rodney; W. S. Tse, Cindy; S. C. Fung, Kitty; Que, Tak-Lun; C. Y. Woo, Patrick

doi:10.1038/srep26045

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Elizabethkingia anophelis bacteremia is associated with clinically significant infections and high mortality

Published in Scientific Reports • May 17, 2016

Authors:

Susanna K. P. Lau

Franklin Wang‐Ngai Chow

Chuen-Hing Foo

Abstract

Unlike Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, the clinical importance of E. anophelis is poorly understood. We determined the clinical and molecular epidemiology of bacteremia caused by Elizabethkingia-like species from five regional hospitals in Hong Kong. Among 45 episodes of Elizabethkingia-like bactere...

Subject

Bacteremia

Pneumonia

Medicine

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