2018
DOI: 10.3201/eid2409.170080
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Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia in Hospitalized Homeless Man with Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Abstract: 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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“…For instance, we observed comparatively low MIC values for trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. This is in line with recent case reports, in which W. chitiniclastica were susceptible to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole ( Chavez et al, 2017 ; Katanami et al, 2018 ; Connelly et al, 2019 ; Snyder et al, 2020 ; Bueide et al, 2021 ). Interestingly, all isolates revealed in silico hits for the trimethoprim resistant gene dfrI ( Welch et al, 2007 ) (56.63% identity) and the sulfonamide resistance gene sul3 ( Perreten and Boerlin, 2003 ) (39.85% identity), assuming that resistance may be feasible.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
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“…For instance, we observed comparatively low MIC values for trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. This is in line with recent case reports, in which W. chitiniclastica were susceptible to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole ( Chavez et al, 2017 ; Katanami et al, 2018 ; Connelly et al, 2019 ; Snyder et al, 2020 ; Bueide et al, 2021 ). Interestingly, all isolates revealed in silico hits for the trimethoprim resistant gene dfrI ( Welch et al, 2007 ) (56.63% identity) and the sulfonamide resistance gene sul3 ( Perreten and Boerlin, 2003 ) (39.85% identity), assuming that resistance may be feasible.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Similar results were obtained for the type strain DSM 18708 T ( Supplementary Table 5 ), suggesting a natural aminoglycoside resistance profile. Moreover, other case studies detected analogous MIC results for amikacin and tobramycin ( Kõljalg et al, 2015 ; Chavez et al, 2017 ; Katanami et al, 2018 ), but the interpretation of antibiotic susceptibility was based on the MIC breakpoints for other non- Enterobacteriaceae described in the M100 Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, determined by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) ( Wayne and Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), 2016 ). Therefore, those isolates were described as susceptible.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous human cases of W. chitiniclastica have occurred globally including France, Argentina, Estonia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, India, South Africa, Spain, and Malaysia, Hawaii, Germany, and the continental United States [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Infection is associated with social and medical circumstances that lead to poor sanitation, underlying medical conditions compromising normal host immune function, and chronic open wounds.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Three were primarily treated with a cephalosporin [7,15,17] while two cases including this one had a quinolone in the regimen. There were nine patient reports that had W. chitiniclastica as part of a polymicrobial blood infection and most utilized a beta-lactam antibiotic [5,6,9,[11][12][13][18][19][20].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most reports of W. chitiniclastica infections originate from subtropical or tropical regions [ 2 , 11 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ] (see the literature review in Table 2 ). Nevertheless, an infection with bacterium was also reported from northern Europe [ 18 ].…”
Section: Review and Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%