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Elizabethkingia miricola infection in multiple anuran species (2021)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Trimpert, Jakob (WE 5)

Eichhorn, Inga (WE 7)

Vladimirova, Daria (WE 5)

Haake, Alexander (WE 12)

Schink, Anne-Kathrin (WE 7)

Klopfleisch, Robert (WE 12)

Lübke-Becker, Antina (WE 7)

Quelle

Transboundary and emerging diseases

Bandzählung: 68

Heftzählung: 2

Seiten: 931 – 940

ISSN: 1865-1674

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tbed.13761

DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13761

Pubmed: 32745334

Kontakt

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virologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

This report describes an outbreak of Elizabethkingia miricola in northern leopard frogs (Lithobates pipiens) and three other species of frogs and toads held in captivity in Germany. The authors examine several treatment options and underline the difficulties in treating larger numbers of individuals with antimicrobials applied through bathing. Whole genome sequencing of three bacterial isolates emphasizes their relatedness to other frog isolates and leads us to conclude that E. miricola is an emerging and difficult to treat pathogen with a broad host range across anuran species. Moreover, ambiguities in identification of flavobacteria associated with disease in frogs reported in the literature make it seem possible that E. miricola has been overlooked as an anuran pathogen in the past.