Other Human Disease -- United States
Health officials are testing water, skin care products and over-the-counter medications, and interviewing patients and families, to try to identify the source of an outbreak of an unusual bacteria that has sickened 44 people in southern Wisconsin and left 18 dead. Lab tests suggest a common source of the bacteria, called _Elizabethkingia_. But the investigation, which started in January 2016, has not revealed the source, health officials said.
Most of the patients are elderly, with serious
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