The isolation of Moellerella wisconsensis from stool samples in the U.K.

First Case of Bacteremia Caused by Moellerella wisconsensis: Case Report and a Review of the Literature

“…The rare occurrence of this bacterium in clinical specimens could be related either to infrequent human colonization or a low pathogenic capacity. Whereas no studies have examined its virulence factors, the low prevalence of 0.75% [6] in stools from adults with diarrhea supports the first hypothesis.…”

“…The MICs determined by the Etest (AB Biodisk, Solna, Sweden) were as follows: ampicillin, 2 mg/l; [4], the UK (1986) [6], the Czech Republic, and Slovakia (1988) [7]. Moellerella wisconsensis presents the general characteristics of the Enterobacteriaceae family [1,8] but has a number of characteristics that differentiate it from other species of the Enterobacteriaceae, such as negative tests for indole production, the Voges-Proskauer test, H 2 S production, urea hydrolysis, phenylalanine deaminase, lysine and ornithine decarboxylases, arginine dihydrolase, gas production from D-glucose, acid production from trehalose, and motility.…”

Moellerella wisconsensis ISOLATED FROM STOOL SAMPLE HAVING PROLONGED HISTORY OF DIARRHEA

“…Antibiotic susceptibility tested showed the isolate was susceptible to ampicillin+sulbactum, piperacillin+tazobactum, imipenem, meropenem, ertapenem, doripenem, amikacin, netilmycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline and tigecycline. Patient was treated with imperial dosages of injectables and from the fourth day of treatment the patient showed signs of recovery and was discharged on 5 th day of hospitalization [4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

Moellerella wisconsensisIsolated from the Oral Cavity of a Wild Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

“…Subsequent to the report of Hickman-Brenner et al (1984), M. wisconsensis has only been isolated on a few other occasions. A study of 400 human stools submitted for routine culture in the United Kingdom yielded three strains (0.75%) of M. wisconsensis; two of these patients experienced diarrhea, while the third had experienced abdominal pain and distension after undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia (Marshall et al 1986). In 1985, an additional strain of M. wisconsensis was recovered from the infected gallbladder of a 71-year-old male with signs of acute cholecystitis (Wittke et al 1985).…”