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Nosocomial infections caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica: an emergent pathogen

We hereby describe the clinical and epidemiological features and, outcomes of nine patients with Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infections in two hospitals over a 2-year period. All infections caused by this pathogen were nosocomial, or healthcare associated infections, in hemodialysis settings whereas none was correlated with hospital outbreaks.

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Nosocomial infections; Bloodstream infections


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