Soft Tissue Infection of Immunocompetent Man with Cat-Derived Globicatella Species

Autor: Nick K. Jones, Juliana Coelho, Julie M.J. Logan, Karen Broughton, Katie L. Hopkins, Bruno Pichon, Isabelle Potterill, Yu Wan, Alex W.N. Reid, Theodore Gouliouris
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss 8, Pp 1684-1687 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2908.221770
Popis: We report a novel Globicatella species causing extensive soft tissue infection in a man bitten by a stray domestic cat in the United Kingdom. We identified this bacterium by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, and biochemical profiling and determined antimicrobial drug susceptibility.
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