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

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

• zoonotic pathogen
• Elizabethkingia miricola
• bacillus
• amphibian
• frog
• genetic diversity