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Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018
Dispatch

Fly Reservoir Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas Bacteremia in a Human

Jesse H. BonwittComments to Author , Michael Tran, Elizabeth A. Dykstra, Kaye Eckmann, Melissa E. Bell, Michael Leadon, Melissa Sixberry, and William A. Glover
Author affiliations: Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA (J.H. Bonwitt); University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom (J.H. Bonwitt); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.H. Bonwitt, M.E. Bell); Washington State Public Health Laboratories, Shoreline, Washington, USA (M. Tran, K. Eckmann, W.A. Glover); Washington State Department of Health, Olympia, Washington, USA (E.A. Dykstra); Yakima Health District, Yakima, Washington, USA (M. Leadon, M. Sixberry)

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Table

Culture results for Wohlfahrtiimonas spp. from samples collected from patient with septicemia and wound myiasis and the patient’s home, Washington, USA*

Collection batch no. Sample no. Specimen Specimen description Culture Wohlfahrtiimonas spp.
NA
 1
 Blood
 Isolate sent to public health laboratories from admitting hospital
 Aerobic growth on blood agar (isolate 22912)
1
 2
 Fly larvae (unidentified species, n ≈ 20)
 Larvae collected from underneath carpet where patient was found
 Growth on diluted homogenate on blood agar at 25°C (isolate 22913)
1
 3
 House fly (Musca domestica)
 Emerged from larvae of sample no. 2
 No growth
1
 4
 Unidentified species in the family Calliphoridae
 Emerged from larvae of sample no. 2
 No growth
1
 5
 Calliphora vicina
 Emerged from larvae of sample no. 2
 No growth
2
 6
 Green bottle fly and eggs (Lucilla sericata)
 Green bottle fly caught inside the patient’s home and laid eggs inside a sterile container
 Not cultured
2
 7
 Lucilla sericata larva
 Larva obtained from the egg in batch no. 2
 Growth on fifth wash (isolate 22914) and diluted homogenate (isolate 22915) on blood agar at 25°C
NA 8 Meat and fruit Fed to flies from samples 3–7 were extracted No growth

*NA, not applicable

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