First case reports of Ignatzschineria (Schineria) indica associated with myiasis

Heather S Barker; James W Snyder; Adam B Hicks; Stephen P Yanoviak; Paul Southern; Bijaya K Dhakal; Giri R Ghimire; Marc R Couturier

doi:10.1128/JCM.02183-14

First case reports of Ignatzschineria (Schineria) indica associated with myiasis

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Dec;52(12):4432-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02183-14. Epub 2014 Oct 8.

Authors

Heather S Barker¹, James W Snyder², Adam B Hicks³, Stephen P Yanoviak⁴, Paul Southern⁵, Bijaya K Dhakal⁶, Giri R Ghimire⁷, Marc R Couturier⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA jwsnyd01@louisville.edu.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
⁴ Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
⁵ Departments of Pathology (Clinical Microbiology) and Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
⁶ Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
⁷ Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA.
⁸ Associated Regional and University Pathologists (ARUP) Laboratories, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Abstract

We report three cases of infection due to the Gram-negative rod Ignatzschineria (Schineria) indica involving bacteremia and the urinary tract. Two cases were clearly associated with maggot infestation, and the third could conceivably have had unrecognized maggot infestation of the urinary tract. We believe these cases to be the first I. indica infections reported in association with maggot infestation and myiasis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Bacteremia / diagnosis
Bacteremia / microbiology
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myiasis / complications*
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis
Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology
Xanthomonadaceae / classification*
Xanthomonadaceae / genetics
Xanthomonadaceae / isolation & purification*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S