Elizabethkingia Infection Reported In Michigan. Rarely seen blood infection outbreak continues; source remains mystery

reported that the virus, which has been spreading through Wisconsin “since November,” has been “identified in a Michigan resident, the Michigan health department said.” CNN mentions the bacteria are “commonly found in soil, river water and reservoirs but do not commonly cause illness in humans.” Health officials in Wisconsin have been working with the CDC “to investigate this outbreak but have not yet identified the source. Michigan is now part of that effort. http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/18/health/elizabethkingia-spread-to-mi/index.html