Laribacter hongkongensis isolated from a patient with community-acquired gastroenteritis in Hangzhou City.
We describe the isolation of Laribacter hongkongensis in Hangzhou City, People's Republic of China. One strain of bacterium, named LHHZ242, had many of the same phenotypic and genotypic characteristics as Laribacter hongkongensis described in previous publications. This discovery proves that Laribacter hongkongensis is also associated with community-acquired gastroenteritis outside Hong Kong.
Ni
Xiao-Ping
XP
Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 277, Wu Lin Road, Hangzhou, 310006, People's Republic of China. nixp@sohu.com
Ren
Shu-Hua
SH
Sun
Jian-Rong
JR
Xiang
Hai-Qing
HQ
Gao
Yan
Y
Kong
Qing-Xin
QX
Cha
Jie
J
Pan
Jing-Chao
JC
Yu
Hua
H
Li
Hua-Ming
HM
D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009346:Neisseriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA