Fly Reservoir Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas Bacteremia in a Human

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

• Calliphoridae
• green bottle fly
• Lucilia sericata
• Diptera
• pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
• larvae