First isolation of Yersinia entomophaga in human urinary tract

A.-S. Le Guern; C. Savin; S. Brémont; G. Payro; D. Bon; E. Carniel; J. Pizarro-Cerdá

New Microbes and New Infections (Nov 2018)

First isolation of Yersinia entomophaga in human urinary tract

A.-S. Le Guern,
C. Savin,
S. Brémont,
G. Payro,
D. Bon,
E. Carniel,
J. Pizarro-Cerdá

Affiliations

A.-S. Le Guern: Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, Yersinia Research Unit and WHO Collaborating Center for the Yersiniae, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Corresponding authors: A.-S. Le Guern and J. Pizarro-Cerdá, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France.
C. Savin: Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, Yersinia Research Unit and WHO Collaborating Center for the Yersiniae, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
S. Brémont: Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, Yersinia Research Unit and WHO Collaborating Center for the Yersiniae, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
G. Payro: Laboratoire Cerdibio Charentes, Saintes, France
D. Bon: Department of Surgery-Urology, Centre Hospitalier Général, Angoulême, France
E. Carniel: Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, Yersinia Research Unit and WHO Collaborating Center for the Yersiniae, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
J. Pizarro-Cerdá: Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, Yersinia Research Unit and WHO Collaborating Center for the Yersiniae, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Corresponding authors: A.-S. Le Guern and J. Pizarro-Cerdá, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26
pp. 3 – 7

Abstract

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Yersinia entomophaga is an insect pathogen first isolated from larvae of Coleoptera in New Zealand in 2011. We report here the first isolation of Y. entomophaga from human urine. Using whole-genome sequencing, we confirmed the presence of specific chromosomal virulence genes and identified a plasmid harbouring a quinolone resistance gene. Keywords: CA-ASB, catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria, catheter-associated urinary tract infection, CAUTI, urinary tract infection, Yersinia, yersiniosis

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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