A bacterial infection called Elizabethkingia has already claimed 18 lives in Wisconsin.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Children's Hospital of Wisconsin says lab tests show that a child diagnosed with Elizabethkingia (ee-LIZ'-ah-beth-KING

This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of E-Da Hospital (EMRP-106-105).

This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of E-Da Hospital (EMRP-105–134).

Over time, however, the names can get a little awkward in light of new revelations.

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Exactly how 10 people in Illinois recently became infected with a rare bacterial illness called Elizabethkingia is still a mystery, but a new repor

Exactly how 10 people in Illinois recently became infected with a rare bacterial illness called Elizabethkingia is still a mystery, but a new repor

Since late 2015, an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection known as Elizabethkingia has infected dozens and killed more than 20 people, most of the

He also called attention to a rare outbreak of community-associated Elizabethkingia anophelis.

A case of Elizabethkingia bacterium reported last week at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is not associated with an outbreak that has infecte

In the ensuing decades, the bacterium — renamed Elizabethkingia in 2005 — would fall into relative obscurity, causing only sporadic cases and the r

Elizabethkingia results from bacteria that is naturally ... "It frustrates them and surprises us all," Schaffner told ABC News.

MILWAUKEE — Children's Hospital of Wisconsin says one of its patients has been diagnosed with the bloodstream infection Elizabethkingia (ee-LI

A patient in Children's Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit has been infected with the Elizabethkingia bacterium, hospital officials

On 11 April 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of the United States of America notified PAHO/WHO of an outbreak caused by Elizabethkingia anophelis

(CNN)A new cluster of Elizabethkingia infection, previously rarely seen in humans, has been found in Illinois, health officials said Wednesday.

Illinois health officials are reporting a cluster of cases of a rare bloodstream infection they detected while investigating a Wisconsin outbreak.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill (KWQC) – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Wednesday recent test results show 10 Illinois residents have b

Last week, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced that a patient there died of an infection with the bacteria Elizabethkingia anophelis

An outbreak of a rare bacterial illness that first appeared in Wisconsin has now popped up in two nearby states, officials say.

While many may be worried about the spread of Zika virus to the United States, a rare infectious disease has claimed the lives of at least 20 in th

A deadly bacteria infection is making its way through several Midwest states—and officials have no idea what's causing it.

(CNN)The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed one case of Elizabethkingia in a resident who died earlier this year.