Pathogenic Elizabethkingia miricola Infection in Cultured Black-Spotted Frogs, China, 2016

Multiregional outbreaks of meningitis-like disease caused by Elizabethkingia miricola were confirmed in black-spotted frog farms in China in 2016. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that this amphibian E. miricola strain is closely related to human clinical isolates. Our findings indicate that E. miri...

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Autores principales: Hu, Ruixue, Yuan, Junfa, Meng, Yin, Wang, Zhe, Gu, Zemao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.170942
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Sumario:Multiregional outbreaks of meningitis-like disease caused by Elizabethkingia miricola were confirmed in black-spotted frog farms in China in 2016. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that this amphibian E. miricola strain is closely related to human clinical isolates. Our findings indicate that E. miricola can be epizootic and may pose a threat to humans.

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