Since last November, more than 50 people in Wisconsin have been sickened by mysterious bacteria called Elizabethkingia anophelis. This is the largest recorded outbreak caused by what's to date been a rare microbe — and the same bug was identified last week in a patient who died in Michigan.
Public health officials in both states don't yet know what sparked the outbreaks or how people became infected, but they're worried. So far, 18 people have died from the infection, and researchers believe this particular strain is resistant to many of the antibiotics that could stop it.
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