Soft Tissue Infection of Immunocompetent Man with Cat-Derived Globicatella Species

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Jones, Nick K. ; Coelho, Juliana ; Logan, Julie M.J. ; Broughton, Karen ; Hopkins, Katie L. ; Pichon, Bruno ; Potterill, Isabelle ; Wan, Yu ; Reid, Alex W.N. ; Gouliouris, Theodore
• Description:
  We report a novel Globicatella species causing extensive soft tissue infection in a man bitten by a stray domestic cat in the United Kingdom. We identified this bacterium by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, and biochemical profiling and determined antimicrobial drug susceptibility.
• Subjects:
  Aerococcaceae Animals Bacteria Bites Cat Cat-derived Cats Globicatella Sanguinis Globicatella Sulfidifaciens Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Immunocompetent Man Research Letter RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Soft Tissue Infection Soft Tissue Infection Of Immunocompetent Man With Cat-Derived Globicatella Species Soft Tissue Infections United Kingdom Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(8):1684-1687
• Pubmed ID:
  37486350
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10370850
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  WT_/Wellcome TrustUnited Kingdom/ ; DH_/Department of HealthUnited Kingdom/
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:781aadef256f950d5e8c12ce7ab0872f341d868d9cc40fc33427332690556efc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/132602/cdc_132602_DS1.pdf
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