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Flavobacterium Jumps to Humans

Liz Scherer   |   Clinical Summary   |   10 August 2023
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Summary

A team of Swiss researchers led by Rebecca Zurbuchen has identified the first case of meningoencephalitis and bacteraemia with Flavobacterium lindanitolerans . Flavobacterium species are Gram-negative nonfermenting rods widely distributed in the environment, and most commonly found in soil, fresh and marine water ecosystems, microbial mats, and infected fish ...

          

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