Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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 woun...

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Autores principales: Katanami, Yuichi, Kutsuna, Satoshi, Nagashima, Maki, Takaya, Saho, Yamamoto, Kei, Takeshita, Nozomi, Hayakawa, Kayoko, Kato, Yasuyuki, Kanagawa, Shuzo, Ohmagari, Norio
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30124421
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.170080
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author Katanami, Yuichi
Kutsuna, Satoshi
Nagashima, Maki
Takaya, Saho
Yamamoto, Kei
Takeshita, Nozomi
Hayakawa, Kayoko
Kato, Yasuyuki
Kanagawa, Shuzo
Ohmagari, Norio
author_facet Katanami, Yuichi
Kutsuna, Satoshi
Nagashima, Maki
Takaya, Saho
Yamamoto, Kei
Takeshita, Nozomi
Hayakawa, Kayoko
Kato, Yasuyuki
Kanagawa, Shuzo
Ohmagari, Norio
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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.
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spelling pubmed-61064282018-09-01 Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma Katanami, Yuichi Kutsuna, Satoshi Nagashima, Maki Takaya, Saho Yamamoto, Kei Takeshita, Nozomi Hayakawa, Kayoko Kato, Yasuyuki Kanagawa, Shuzo Ohmagari, Norio Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6106428/ /pubmed/30124421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.170080 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Katanami, Yuichi
Kutsuna, Satoshi
Nagashima, Maki
Takaya, Saho
Yamamoto, Kei
Takeshita, Nozomi
Hayakawa, Kayoko
Kato, Yasuyuki
Kanagawa, Shuzo
Ohmagari, Norio
Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title_full Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title_fullStr Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title_short Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma
title_sort wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica bacteremia hospitalized homeless man with squamous cell carcinoma
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30124421
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.170080
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