Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2018)

Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia in Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  • Yuichi Katanami,
  • Satoshi Kutsuna,
  • Maki Nagashima,
  • Saho Takaya,
  • Kei Yamamoto,
  • Nozomi Takeshita,
  • Kayoko Hayakawa,
  • Yasuyuki Kato,
  • Shuzo Kanagawa,
  • Norio Ohmagari

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.170080
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 9
pp. 1746 – 1748

Abstract

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We report a case of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica bacteremia in an elderly man in Japan who had squamous cell carcinoma. Blood cultures were initially negative for W. chitiniclastica but were positive on day 20. Careful attention needs to be paid to this organism in patients who have chronic wounds with maggots.

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