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

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.

SUBMITTER: Thaiwong T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4042808 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature