与鱼类相关的Streptococcus agalactiae ST283:马来西亚报告的首例人类病例
Zahira Zohari1, Timothy Barkham2, Norfarhana Mohamad Maswan3
1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Journal of medical microbiology
|June 30, 2023
概括
在东南亚的健康成年人中,Streptococcus agalactiae ST283引起败血症,与生淡水鱼有关. 这些马来西亚病例凸显了复杂的跨境流行病学.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 斑点球菌 (Streptococcus agalactiae) 序列类型283 (ST283) 是一种新兴的病原体,在东南亚的健康成年人中引起侵入性感染,特别是败血症.
- 鲜水生鱼的消费已被确定为ST283感染的主要风险因素.
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