Wisconsin health officials have revised the number of deaths linked to Elizabethkingia.
Wednesday night, the State Department of Health announced the infection has been ted to 15 deaths, rather than the 18 originally reported.
The agency adds the total number of cases is 48.
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Health Officials have confirmed four more cases of Elizabethkinga in Sheboygan County that brings the total to 48 cases in Wisconsin, 18 people have died.
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The number of suspected cases of a blood infection that may have contributed to 18 deaths in Wisconsin is growing and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has assigned additional investigators to pinpoint the bacteria's source.
Infectious disease specialists describe the Wisconsin outbreak of Elizabethkingia as large. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that he CDC has identified two additional suspected cases, besides the 44 that are confirmed.
University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor of infectious disease, Dr. Nasia Safdar, says there's no obvious common link between the 44 people confirmed as infected.
State health officials say most of those infected are over 65 with compromised health. Those who died all tested positive for the infection, but it's not know if Elizabethkingia caused or contributed to their deaths.
