Elijah Cummings hospitalized for bacterial infection

By Melissa Quinn

Published January 5, 2018 8:25pm ET

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Elijah Cummings hospitalized for bacterial infection — Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., underwent a minor procedure Friday related to a bacterial infection. He is expected to fully recover. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) | Patrick Semansky

Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings is in the hospital for a bacterial infection in his knee, his office said Friday.

The congressman, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland and underwent a minor procedure Friday. His office said doctors drained the bacterial infection, and Cummings is expected to fully recover.

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