Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Clinical Significance and Epidemiology of NO-1, an Unusual Bacterium Associated with Dog and Cat Bites

Robyn M. Kaiser, Robert L. Garman, Michael G. Bruce, Robbin S. Weyant, and David A. Ashford

Author affiliations: National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA;

Description of all bacterial isolates cultured from infected wounds

Case no.	Bacterial organisms cultured
1	No documentation of culture results in record
2	Light Weeksella zoohelcum; light fastidious gram-negative bacilli^a
3	Few fastidious gram-negative rods^a; coagulase-negative Staphylococci on subculture only
4	No growth of organisms noted in record
5	Enterics, few gram-positive cocci; some polymorphic gram-negative rods^a
6	Light growth of gram-negative bacilli^a
7	No documentation of culture results in record
8	Three types of gram-negative rods^a
9	Few unidentified gram-negative rods^a; few mixed aerobic skin flora
10	Rare Eikenella corrodens; few gram-negative bacilli^a
11	Moderate growth of gram-negative bacilli^a
12	Numerous Pasteurella multocida; rare Staphylococcus aureus; few gram-negative rods^a; numerous Corynebacterium species

^aIdentified as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention group nonoxidizer 1 (NO-1).