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Isolation of Group EF‐4 Bacteria in Australia
Author(s) -
Peel M. M.,
Holmes B.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1980.tb04097.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bacteria , isolation (microbiology) , microbiology and biotechnology , group (periodic table) , genetics , biology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Summary: A bacterial strain isolated from dog‐bite wound was identified as belonging to a group which is so far unnamed but which has been tentatively designated Group EF‐4 by workers at the Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA. Although this appears to be the first reported isolation in Australia of a strain belonging to this group, it is possible that strains of Group EF‐4 are not infrequently recovered from dog‐bite wounds but, when they are, they may either not be identified or be dismissed as skin contaminants. Characteristics are presented for differentiating Group EF‐4 from Pasteurella multocida, the bacterium typically associated with animal bite wounds in humans.