Soft Tissue Infection of Immunocompetent Man with Cat-Derived Globicatella Species

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug;29(8):1684-1687. doi: 10.3201/eid2908.221770.

Abstract

We report a novel Globicatella species causing extensive soft tissue infection in a man bitten by a stray domestic cat in the United Kingdom. We identified this bacterium by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, and biochemical profiling and determined antimicrobial drug susceptibility.

Keywords: Globicatella sanguinis; Globicatella sulfidifaciens; United Kingdom; bacteria; bites; cat; cat-derived; immunocompetent man; soft tissue infection; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aerococcaceae* / genetics
  • Animals
  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Cats
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections* / microbiology
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Soft Tissue Infections* / diagnosis
  • Soft Tissue Infections* / drug therapy

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S