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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2000, p. 3123-3124, Vol. 38, No. 8
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Human Infection with Halomonas venusta following Fish Bite

Alexander von Graevenitz,1,* John Bowman,2 Carlo Del Notaro,3 and Michael Ritzler1

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich,1 and Spital Limmattal,3 Zurich, Switzerland, and School of Agricultural Science and Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia2

Received 17 February 2000/Returned for modification 6 April 2000/Accepted 14 May 2000

Halomonas venusta, a moderately halophilic, nonfermentative gram-negative rod, is reported for the first time as a human pathogen in a wound that originated from a fish bite.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Gloriastrasse 32, CH-8028 Zurich, Switzerland. Phone: 41/1/634-2622. Fax: 41/1/634-4906. E-mail: avg{at}immv.unizh.ch.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2000, p. 3123-3124, Vol. 38, No. 8
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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