Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;23(12):2055-2059. doi: 10.3201/eid2312.170942.
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.
2016 年,中国黑斑蛙养殖场爆发了由粘质伊丽莎白菌引起的脑膜炎样疾病。全基因组测序结果表明,这种两栖动物粘质伊丽莎白菌与人类临床分离株密切相关。我们的研究结果表明,粘质伊丽莎白菌可能会爆发疫情,并可能对人类构成威胁。