Virginia Mason investigating bacterial infection outbreak at downtown campus

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Virginia Mason Medical Center is continuing to investigate a bacterial infection outbreak that has swept through the downtown campus since October. FOX13

The VMMC detected an increase in Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria. Klebsiella is normally found in the human intestines but do not cause infection in healthy patients.

Some of the symptoms include cough, fever or chest pain, according to the American Society for Microbiology.

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