Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong
2. Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Hong Kong
Abstract
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.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology