First case of bloodstream infection caused by Mixta hanseatica sp. nov., a novel species within the Mixta genus of the Erwiniaceae family

Anna Both; Jiabin Huang; Philipp Wenzel; Martin Aepfelbacher; Holger Rohde; Martin Christner; Moritz Hentschke

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101117

First case of bloodstream infection caused by Mixta hanseatica sp. nov., a novel species within the Mixta genus of the Erwiniaceae family

Anna Both
Jiabin Huang
Philipp Wenzel
Martin Aepfelbacher
Holger Rohde
Martin Christner
Moritz Hentschke

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Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene

Abstract

Members of the Erwiniaceae family very rarely cause infections in humans. Here we describe the first case of a bloodstream infection due to Mixta hanseatica sp. nov., a novel member of the Erwiniaceae family.

Bibliographical data

Original language	English
Article number	101117
ISSN	2052-2975
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101117
Publication status	Published - 06.2023