Fly Reservoir Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas Bacteremia in a Human

Jesse H Bonwitt; Michael Tran; Elizabeth A Dykstra; Kaye Eckmann; Melissa E Bell; Michael Leadon; Melissa Sixberry; William A Glover

doi:10.3201/eid2402.170913

Fly Reservoir Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas Bacteremia in a Human

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Feb;24(2):370-373. doi: 10.3201/eid2402.170913.

Authors

Jesse H Bonwitt, Michael Tran, Elizabeth A Dykstra, Kaye Eckmann, Melissa E Bell, Michael Leadon, Melissa Sixberry, William A Glover

Abstract

Wohlfahrtiimonas species bacteria were isolated from the bloodstream of a patient with septicemia and wound myiasis. Environmental investigations identified a Wohlfahrtiimonas sp. among insects in the Americas and in a previously undescribed vector, the green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata). The isolates possibly represent a new species within the genus Wohlfahrtiimonas.

Keywords: 16S ribosomal RNA; Calliphoridae; Diptera; Lucilia sericata; MALDI-TOF; United States; Washington; Wohlfahrtiimonas; bacteremia; bacteria; green bottle fly; larvae; mass spectrometry; myiasis; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Diptera / microbiology*
Fatal Outcome
Gammaproteobacteria / isolation & purification*
Gangrene / microbiology
Humans
Larva / microbiology
Male
Middle Aged
Myiasis / complications*