Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclasticaBacteremia Associated with Myiasis, United Kingdom

Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica: current insights into an emerging human pathogen

“…Most patients suffered from diseases affecting the skin such as ulcers (cases 9-11 [13][14][15]), wounds (cases 7 and 8 [15]), gangrene (cases 4 and 5 [7,13]) or cellulitis (case 5 [13]). Patients suffered also from impairments of the cardiovascular system such as occlusive arteriopathy (case 2 [6]), hypertension (cases 3 [12] and 11), different heart diseases (cases 3 [12], 9 and 11), chronic venous insufficiency (cases 9 and 11) or deep vein thrombosis (case 12). The two patients reported by Nogi et al (cases 7 and 8) suffered from neurological disorders, stroke and ruptured cerebral aneurysm [15].…”

Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia in Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma

“…However, W. chitiniclastica has also been isolated from the Chrysomya megacephala fly, and this species has been reported in Japan ( 2 ), and from from the Musca domestica housefly, which is widely distributed all over the world ( 3 ). Campisi et al reported that the Lucilia sericata fly might be a vector for W. chitiniclastica ( 4 ); this fly is common and widely distributed throughout Japan, and a case of cutaneous myiasis on skin cancer was reported ( 5 ). Unfortunately, we could not collect maggots from this patient because they were rapidly discarded at the emergency department.…”

Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclasticaInfections in 2 Elderly Patients, Hawaii, USA

“…This fly has been reported as the cause of myiasis in live vertebrates in Spain, France, Hungary, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Korea ( 2 ); its distribution is known to be progressively expanding, in part because of its broad adaptation capacities. Reported cases of human bacteremia have been mainly from Europe and South America; patients included a 60-year-old homeless woman in southeastern France ( 3 ), a 70-year-old homeless man with alcoholism in Argentina ( 4 ), and an 82-year-old woman in the United Kingdom ( 5 ). A skin and soft tissue infection was reported in a child with orofacial gangrene (noma) in Niger ( 6 ), and an osteomyelitis case was reported in India ( 7 ).…”