TY - JOUR AU - Hu, Ruixue AU - Yuan, Junfa AU - Meng, Yin AU - Wang, Zhe AU - Gu, Zemao T1 - Pathogenic Elizabethkingia miricola Infection in Cultured Black-Spotted Frogs, China, 2016 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 12 SP - 2055 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - zoonotic pathogen KW - Elizabethkingia miricola KW - bacillus KW - amphibian KW - frog KW - genetic diversity KW - China KW - bacteria KW - zoonoses KW - black-spotted frog KW - Pelophylax nigromaculatus DO - 10.3201/eid2312.170942 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/12/17-0942_article ER - End of Reference