TY - JOUR AU - Bonwitt, Jesse AU - Tran, Michael AU - Dykstra, Elizabeth AU - Eckmann, Kaye AU - Bell, Melissa AU - Leadon, Michael AU - Sixberry, Melissa AU - Glover, William T1 - Fly Reservoir Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas Bacteremia in a Human T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 2 SP - 370 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Wohlfahrtiimonas species bacteria were isolated from the bloodstream of a patient with septicemia and wound myiasis. Environmental investigations identified a Wohlfahrtiimonas sp. among insects in the Americas and in a previously undescribed vector, the green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata). The isolates possibly represent a new species within the genus Wohlfahrtiimonas. KW - Calliphoridae KW - green bottle fly KW - Lucilia sericata KW - Diptera KW - pulsed-field gel electrophoresis KW - larvae KW - MALDI-TOF KW - mass spectrometry KW - myiasis KW - 16S ribosomal RNA KW - Wohlfahrtiimonas KW - bacteria KW - bacteremia KW - Washington KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2402.170913 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/2/17-0913_article ER - End of Reference