Ecoepidemiology of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis

Jade L L Teng; Patrick C Y Woo; Shirley S L Ma; Thomas H C Sit; Lip-tet Ng; Wai-ting Hui; Susanna K P Lau; Kwok-yung Yuen

doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.919-922.2005

Ecoepidemiology of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Feb;43(2):919-22. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.919-922.2005.

Authors

Jade L L Teng¹, Patrick C Y Woo, Shirley S L Ma, Thomas H C Sit, Lip-tet Ng, Wai-ting Hui, Susanna K P Lau, Kwok-yung Yuen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Abstract

In a territory-wide surveillance study, Laribacter hongkongensis was isolated solely from freshwater fish (60% of grass carps, 53% of bighead carps, and 25% of mud carps). Comparing the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of fish and patient isolates revealed that most patient isolates were clustered together, suggesting that some clones could be more virulent.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Domestic / microbiology
Carps / microbiology*
Disease Reservoirs
Ecosystem*
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Fish Diseases / microbiology
Fishes / microbiology
Food Microbiology
Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
Gastroenteritis / microbiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neisseriaceae / classification
Neisseriaceae / genetics
Neisseriaceae / isolation & purification*
Neisseriaceae / pathogenicity