Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Mar;68(2):931-940.
doi: 10.1111/tbed.13761. Epub 2020 Aug 19.

Elizabethkingia miricola infection in multiple anuran species

Jakob Trimpert  1 , Inga Eichhorn  2 , Daria Vladimirova  1 , Alexander Haake  3 , Anne-Kathrin Schink  2 , Robert Klopfleisch  3 , Antina Lübke-Becker  2
Affiliations

Elizabethkingia miricola infection in multiple anuran species

Jakob Trimpert et al. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Bombina microdeladigitora; Elizabethkingia miricola; Lithobates pipiens; Pipa parva; Theloderma bicolor; amphibian; anuran; bacterial infection; frog; leopard frog; toad.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

REFERENCES

    1. Bernardet, J.-F., Vancanneyt, M., Matte-Tailliez, O., Grisez, L., Tailliez, P., Bizet, C., … Swings, J. (2005). Polyphasic study of Chryseobacterium strains isolated from diseased aquatic animals. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 28(7), 640-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2005.03.016
    1. Boyle, D. G., Boyle, D. B., Olsen, V., Morgan, J. A., & Hyatt, A. D. (2004). Rapid quantitative detection of chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in amphibian samples using real-time Taqman PCR assay. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 60(2), 141-148. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao060141
    1. Chung, H.-Y. (1990). On the bacterial disease of captive bullfrog (Vol. 16). Taiwan, China: The National Science Council.
    1. CLSI. (2019). Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (29th edn). CLSI supplement M100. Wayne, PA: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.
    1. de Carvalho Filho, É. B., Marson, F. A. L., & Levy, C. E. (2017). Challenges in the identification of Chryseobacterium indologenes and Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in cases of nosocomial infections and patients with cystic fibrosis. New Microbes and New Infections, 20, 27-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.09.002

MeSH terms

Supplementary concepts

LinkOut - more resources