Clinical Isolation and Identification of Haematospirillum jordaniae

Abstract

A clinical case study involving a man (35–49 years of age) with wounds to his lower right extremity. An isolate was sent to the Delaware Public Health Laboratory for confirmatory testing by genetic analysis of the 16S gene. Testing identified the isolate as a novel genus and species, Haematospirillum jordaniae.

Keywords

• Delaware
• Haematospirillum jordaniae
• H. jordaniae
• novel pathogen
• bacteria
• United States