Escherichia marmotae-a Human Pathogen Easily Misidentified as Escherichia coli.

ABSTRACT: We hereby present the first descriptions of human-invasive infections caused by Escherichia marmotae, a recently described species that encompasses the former "Escherichia cryptic clade V." We describe four cases, one acute sepsis of unknown origin, one postoperative sepsis after cholecystectomy, one spondylodiscitis, and one upper urinary tract infection. Cases were identified through unsystematic queries in a single clinical lab over 6 months. Through genome sequencing of the causative strains combined with available genomes from elsewhere, we demonstrate Es. marmotae to be a likely ubiquitous species containing genotypic virulence traits associated with Escherichia pathogenicity. The invasive isolates were scattered among isolates from a range of nonhuman sources in the ph

SUBMITTER: Sivertsen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9045135 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature