Fish-associated Streptococcus agalactiae ST283: first human cases reported from Malaysia

Author:

Zohari Zahira1ORCID,Barkham Timothy2ORCID,Mohamad Maswan Norfarhana3,Chen Swaine Lin45ORCID,Muthanna AbdulRahman6ORCID,Lee Kai Wei7ORCID,Mohd Desa Mohd Nasir6ORCID,Azmai Mohammad Noor Amal89ORCID,Sither Joseph Narcisse Mary7ORCID,Amin-Nordin Syafinaz107ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433, Singapore

3. Department of Pathology, Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru, 80100, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

4. Laboratory of Bacterial Genomics, Genome Institute of Singapore, 60 Biopolis Street, 138672, Singapore

5. Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block, 119228, Singapore

6. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

7. Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

8. Aquatic Animal Health and Therapeutics Laboratory, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

9. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400,Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

10. Hospital Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah,Universiti Putra Malaysia, Persiaran MARDI-UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract

In South East Asia, Streptococcus agalactiae ST283 causes sepsis in healthy adults. Raw freshwater fish consumption is the only known risk factor. These two case reports are the first from Malaysia. Although they cluster with Singapore ST283, the epidemiology is complicated by the flow of people and fish across borders.

Funder

Universiti Putra Malaysia

Publisher

Microbiology Society

Subject

Microbiology (medical),General Medicine,Microbiology

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