Opportunistic Elizabethkingia miricola Infections in Intensive Care Unit, Spain

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):834-837. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231491.ABSTRACTIn 2021, we identified a cluster of Elizabethkingia miricola cases in an intensive care unit in Spain. Because E. miricola is not considered a special surveillance agent in Spain, whole-genome sequencing was not performed. The bacterial source was not identified. All Elizabethkingia species should be listed as special surveillance bacteria.PMID:38526191 | DOI:10.3201/eid3004.231491
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