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

J Clin Microbiol

Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Lansing, Michigan, USA College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Published: June 2014

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.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4042808PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00382-14DOI Listing

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