Fly Reservoir Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas Bacteremia in a Human

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Feb;24(2):370-373. doi: 10.3201/eid2402.170913.

Abstract

Wohlfahrtiimonas species bacteria were isolated from the bloodstream of a patient with septicemia and wound myiasis. Environmental investigations identified a Wohlfahrtiimonas sp. among insects in the Americas and in a previously undescribed vector, the green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata). The isolates possibly represent a new species within the genus Wohlfahrtiimonas.

Keywords: 16S ribosomal RNA; Calliphoridae; Diptera; Lucilia sericata; MALDI-TOF; United States; Washington; Wohlfahrtiimonas; bacteremia; bacteria; green bottle fly; larvae; mass spectrometry; myiasis; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Diptera / microbiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Gammaproteobacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Gangrene / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Larva / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myiasis / complications*