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SUBMITTER: Lau SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4313635 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lau Susanna K P SK Wu Alan K L AK Teng Jade L L JL Tse Herman H Curreem Shirly O T SO Tsui Stephen K W SK Huang Yi Y Chen Jonathan H K JH Lee Rodney A RA Yuen Kwok-Yung KY Woo Patrick C Y PC
Emerging infectious diseases 20150201 2
Elizabethkingia anophelis, recently discovered from mosquito gut, is an emerging bacterium associated with neonatal meningitis and nosocomial outbreaks. However, its transmission route remains unknown. We use rapid genome sequencing to investigate 3 cases of E. anophelis sepsis involving 2 neonates who had meningitis and 1 neonate's mother who had chorioamnionitis. Comparative genomics revealed evidence for perinatal vertical transmission from a mother to her neonate; the 2 isolates from these p ...[more]