The rarely seen bloodstream infection Elizabethkingia, which has sickened dozens in Wisconsin since November, has been identified in a Michigan resident, the Michigan health department said. The older adult with underlying health conditions died as a result of the infection, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday, March 17th. It released no other details about the patient. There have been 54 cases reported to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. "The majority of patients acquiring this infection are over the age of 65, and all patients have a history of at least one underlying serious illness," the Wisconsin agency said in a statement. Seventeen of those individuals have died, although it is not confirmed the infection was the cause of death or the patients' underlying health conditions. The bacteria are commonly found in soil, river water and reservoirs but do not commonly cause illness in humans. People with compromised immune systems or serious