Probability of outbreaks and cross-border dissemination of the emerging pathogen: a genomic survey of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica

ABSTRACT The emerging infectious agent Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is associated with life-threatening infections in immunocompromised individuals. However, there are limited data on its geographic distribution, phylogenetic evolution, pathogenesis, and transmission. In this study, we comprehensi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shaohua Hu, Yingying Chen, Hao Xu, Jing Chen, Shaojun Hu, Xiaohua Meng, Shujun Ni, Yonghong Xiao, Beiwen Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01602-23