ReviewEpidemiology and infection2017
Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica: current insights into an emerging human pathogen.
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- Diversity of necrophagous flies and microbiome profiling of Phumosia promittens as a rainforest health indicator.AMB Express · 2025Article
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- Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia: A Rare Case of a Male With Maggot-Infested Lower Extremity Wounds.Cureus · 2024Article
- Microbiome Dynamics and Functional Composition in Coelopa frigida (Diptera, Coelopidae): Insights into Trophic Specialization of Kelp Flies.Microbial ecology · 2024Article
- Characterising the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) pouch microbiome in lactating and non-lactating females.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The zoonotic pathogen Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica - current findings from a clinical and genomic perspective.BMC microbiology · 2024Review
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- AFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica-related soft-tissue infection and osteomyelitis: A rare case report.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2022Article
- The Brief Case: The Fly Who Cried Wohlf.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2022Review
- Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Human PathogenFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- A rare case ofJAAD case reports · 2021Article
- Human Infections byMicroorganisms · 2021Review
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Abstract
Since the first description of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica in 2008, a number of well described case reports demonstrating its pathogenic role in humans have been published. Infections may be closely linked to flies, such as Wohlfahrtia magnifica, Lucilia sericata, Chrysomya megacephala or Musca domestica. These insects are potent vectors for the distribution of W. chitiniclastica causing local or systemic infections originating from wounds infested with fly larvae. However, other potential sources of transmission of W. chitiniclastica have been described such as soil or chicken meat. Infections in humans reported to date comprise wound infections, cellulitis, osteomyelitis and sepsis. This review summarizes all the literature available up to now and gives the current knowledge about this emerging human pathogen. Additionally, four patients with proven W. chitiniclastica infections treated at Dresden University Hospital between 2013 and 2015, are included. Special focus was placed on microbiological identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing of the pathogen.
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