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Case Reports
. 2018 Oct;24(10):1955-1956.
doi: 10.3201/eid2410.180548.

Clinical Isolation and Identification of Haematospirillum jordaniae

Gregory Hovan, Andrew Hollinger
Case Reports

Clinical Isolation and Identification of Haematospirillum jordaniae

Gregory Hovan et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

A clinical case study involving a man (35-49 years of age) with wounds to his lower right extremity. An isolate was sent to the Delaware Public Health Laboratory for confirmatory testing by genetic analysis of the 16S gene. Testing identified the isolate as a novel genus and species, Haematospirillum jordaniae.

Keywords: Delaware; H. jordaniae; Haematospirillum jordaniae; United States; bacteria; novel pathogen.

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