Volume 25, Number 7—July 2019
Synopsis
Bacillus cereus–Attributable Primary Cutaneous Anthrax-Like Infection in Newborn Infants, India
Table 1
Toxin-encoding gene profile of 19 selected Bacillus cereus strains, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, , India, 2018*
Strain | Source | ST | Clade | cytK | nheABC |
hblCDA |
entFM | pi-plc | sph | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nheA | nheB | nheC | hblA | hblC | hblD | |||||||||
AMCER1 | Healthcare kit | 1659 | I | + | + | + | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | |
AMCER2 | Healthcare kit | 1660 | I | + | + | – | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | |
AMCER3 | Cutaneous lesion | 1660 | I | + | + | + | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | |
AMCER4 | Healthcare kit | 1661 | I | + | + | + | + | – | – | + | + | – | – | |
AMCER5 | Cutaneous lesion | 1661 | I | + | + | + | – | – | – | – | + | – | – | |
AMCER6 | Healthcare kit | 1465 | II | + | – | – | + | – | – | + | – | + | + | |
AMCER7 | Healthcare kit | 1667 | I | + | + | + | + | – | – | – | – | – | + | |
AMCER8 | Hospital storage facility | 1662 | II | + | – | – | + | – | – | + | – | + | + | |
AMCER9 | Hospital storage facility | 1663 | II | + | + | – | + | + | – | + | – | + | + | |
AMCER11 | Healthcare kit | 1663 | II | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | – | + | + | |
AMCER10 | Hospital storage facility | 1664 | II | + | + | – | + | – | – | + | – | + | + | |
AMCER12 | Healthcare kit | 1665 | I | + | + | + | + | – | – | + | + | + | + | |
AMCER15 | Cutaneous lesion | 1665 | I | + | + | + | + | – | – | + | – | + | + | |
AMCER13 | Umbilical cord stump | 266 | I | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | + | – | |
AMCER14 | Environment | 75 | I | + | + | + | + | – | + | – | + | + | + | |
AMCER18 | Skin colonizer | 266 | I | – | + | – | – | – | – | – | – | + | – | |
AMCER19 | Cutaneous lesion | 380 | I | – | + | + | + | – | – | – | – | + | + | |
AMCER20 | Skin colonizer | 1668 | I | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | + | |
AMCER21 | Skin colonizer | 127 | I | – | – | + | – | – | – | – | + | – | – |
*ST, sequence type; +, positive; –, negative.
1Current affiliation: Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, India.
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