Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Katanami, Yuichi ; Kutsuna, Satoshi ; Nagashima, Maki ; Takaya, Saho ; Yamamoto, Kei ; Takeshita, Nozomi ; Hayakawa, Kayoko ; Kato, Yasuyuki ; Kanagawa, Shuzo ; Ohmagari, Norio
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Aged Animals Bacteremia Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Diagnosis, Differential Gammaproteobacteria Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Humans Ill-Housed Persons Larva Male Shoulder Skin Neoplasms

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(9):1746-1748.
• Pubmed ID:
  30124421
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6106428
• Document Type:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Japan
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:62f69524bf78d748f706a7f672c17b8a2d20d6374d968a7f7787b1d673522bed
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58614/cdc_58614_DS1.pdf
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