Outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria infects 31 patients at Seattle hospital
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A bacterial outbreak at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Seattle, Washington, infected a total of 31 patients, per a press release on the hospital’s website.
The bacteria has been identified as Klebsiella pneumoniae. The hospital first announced the outbreak in October 2022 and has posted multiple updates, most recently on April 25. "It is a common cause of infections in patients who have spent any time on ventilators." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
"Beginning in October 2022, Virginia Mason Medical Center detected an increase in cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria at our downtown campus," said Sydney Bersante, interim president of the Virginia Mason Medical Center, in a statement on the hospital’s website.
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