Open AccessThe Evolutionary Trend and Genomic Features of an Emerging Lineage of Elizabethkingia anophelis Strains in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Yu-Lin Lee,
Kuan-Ming Liu,
Huilan Chang,
Yi-Ci Liao,
JawTown Lin,
Fang-Yen Kung,
ChengMaw Ho,
Kai-Hsiang Lin,
Ying-Tsong Chen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
microbiology spectrum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.502
H-Index - 51
ISSN - 2165-0497
DOI - 10.1128/spectrum.01682-21
Subject(s) - lineage (genetic) , biology , multilocus sequence typing , phylogenetic tree , incidence (geometry) , antibiotic resistance , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , genetics , genotype , gene , antibiotics , polymerase chain reaction , physics , optics
Elizabethkingia anophelis is an emerging multidrug resistant pathogen caused several global outbreaks recently.E. anophelis was frequently misidentified asE. meningoseptica in the past by conventional culture methods; therefore, the prevalence was often underestimated. Through revised identification, an increasing trend ofE. anophelis infection was noted in a tertiary hospital and a dominant lineage of strains was recognized by genotyping.