First case of bloodstream infection caused by Mixta hanseatica sp. nov., a novel species within the Mixta genus of the Erwiniaceae family

Anna Both; Jiabin Huang; Philipp Wenzel; Martin Aepfelbacher; Holger Rohde; Martin Christner; Moritz Hentschke

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101117

First case of bloodstream infection caused by Mixta hanseatica sp. nov., a novel species within the Mixta genus of the Erwiniaceae family

New Microbes New Infect. 2023 Mar 28:53:101117. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101117. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Anna Both¹, Jiabin Huang¹, Philipp Wenzel^{2

3}, Martin Aepfelbacher¹, Holger Rohde¹, Martin Christner¹, Moritz Hentschke⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
² Department of Orthopedics, Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, Dehnhaide 120, 22081, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Praxisgemeinschaft Dr. Buchholz & Partner, Fachärzte für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Waitzstrasse 4, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ Labor Dr. Fenner und Kollegen, Bergstrasse 14, 20099, Hamburg, Germany.

Abstract

Members of the Erwiniaceae family very rarely cause infections in humans. Here we describe the first case of a bloodstream infection due to Mixta hanseatica sp. nov., a novel member of the Erwiniaceae family.