Nishijima S, McGinley K J, Leyden J J
Nihon Hifuka Gakkai Zasshi. 1989 Sep;99(10):1121-3.
In many parts of the world, the emergence of multiple antibiotic resistant Group JK has been recognized as an important cause of nosocomial infection in immunosuppressed and neutropenic patients. Group JK infections have not been reported from Japan. We studied 20 Japanese who had recently come to the United States and recovered Group JK from 7 of 20. These results suggest that Group JK may be prevalent in Japanese. Previous failure to identify these organisms may reflect their poor growth on agar not supplemented with lipid and their resemblance to bacteria considered to be commensals and non-pathogenic.
在世界许多地区，多重耐药性JK菌群的出现已被公认为是免疫抑制和中性粒细胞减少患者医院感染的重要原因。日本尚未报告过JK菌群感染病例。我们研究了20名近期抵达美国的日本人，在其中7人的样本中分离出了JK菌群。这些结果表明JK菌群在日本人中可能很普遍。此前未能识别出这些微生物可能是因为它们在未添加脂质的琼脂上生长不佳，且与被认为是共生菌和非致病菌的细菌相似。
