First report of emerging zoonotic pathogen Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica in the United States

Tuddow Thaiwong; Niesa M Kettler; Ailam Lim; Heidi Dirkse; Matti Kiupel

doi:10.1128/JCM.00382-14

First report of emerging zoonotic pathogen Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica in the United States

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jun;52(6):2245-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00382-14. Epub 2014 Mar 26.

Authors

Tuddow Thaiwong¹, Niesa M Kettler², Ailam Lim², Heidi Dirkse³, Matti Kiupel⁴

Affiliations

¹ Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Lansing, Michigan, USA College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
² Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Lansing, Michigan, USA.
³ Indian River Veterinary Clinic, Indian River, Michigan, USA.
⁴ Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Lansing, Michigan, USA College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA [email protected].

Abstract

Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica is an emerging human pathogen that has been identified as the cause of septicemia in humans in Europe and South America. Here we report the first case of a unique disease manifestation of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica-induced bacterial septicemia secondary to wound myiasis in a deer in Michigan in the United States.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
DNA Gyrase / genetics
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / pathology
Humans
Michigan
Myiasis / complications
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sepsis / diagnosis*
Sepsis / microbiology*
Sepsis / pathology
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Wound Infection / complications
Xanthomonadaceae / isolation & purification*
Zoonoses / diagnosis*
Zoonoses / microbiology*
Zoonoses / pathology

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
DNA Gyrase