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

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...

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Main Authors: Lau, Susanna K. P., Chow, Wang-Ngai, Foo, Chuen-Hing, Curreem, Shirly O. T., Lo, George Chi-Shing, Teng, Jade L. L., Chen, Jonathan H. K., Ng, Ricky H. Y., Wu, Alan K. L., Cheung, Ingrid Y. Y., Chau, Sandy K. Y., Lung, David C., Lee, Rodney A., Tse, Cindy W. S., Fung, Kitty S. C., Que, Tak-Lun, Woo, Patrick C. Y.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4868968/