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

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;23(12):2055-2059. doi: 10.3201/eid2312.170942.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: China; Elizabethkingia miricola; Pelophylax nigromaculatus; amphibian; bacillus; bacteria; black-spotted frog; frog; genetic diversity; zoonoses; zoonotic pathogen.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China / epidemiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Farms
  • Flavobacteriaceae / classification
  • Flavobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Flavobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
  • Flavobacteriaceae / pathogenicity*
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / mortality
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / transmission
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / veterinary*
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / epidemiology
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / mortality
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / transmission
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / veterinary*
  • Phylogeny
  • Ranidae / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Survival Analysis

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial