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Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. · Jun 2017
ReviewMini review: New pathogen profiles: Elizabethkingia anophelis.
- J Michael Janda and Denise L Lopez.
- Kern County Public Health Laboratory, Department of Public Health Services, Bakersfield, CA, 93306. Electronic address: jandam@co.kern.ca.us.
- Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2017 Jun 1; 88 (2): 201-205.
AbstractWithin a little more than 5 years since its taxonomic description in 2011, from the midgut of mosquitoes, Elizabethkingia anophelis has emerged as an important causes of sepsis in adults and children and in cases of neonatal meningitis. At least 3 moderate- to large-scale outbreaks of disease have been caused by this bacterium, the largest 2 occurring in the Midwest United States in 2015-2016. Several studies suggest that E. anophelis, and not E. meningoseptica, is the predominant human pathogen of this genus; identification to species is difficult. Little is presently known regarding its epidemiology, modes of transmission, and pathogenicity as it relates to virulence-associated factors.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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