Moellerella wisconsensis ISOLATED FROM STOOL SAMPLE HAVING PROLONGED HISTORY OF DIARRHEA

ANURAG ZAVERI¹*, VINAY BHOMIA², DILIP ZAVERI³, B. LAKSHMI^4
1Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biocare Research (I) Pvt Ltd. Ahmedabad, 380006, India
²Sanjivani Super Specialty Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, 380051, India
³Biocare Research (I) Pvt Ltd. Ahmedabad, 380006, India
⁴Department of Biotechnology, KSV University, Gandhinagar, 382016, India
* Corresponding Author : anuragzaveri@yahoo.com

Received : 09-02-2018     Accepted : 12-02-2018     Published : 28-02-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 2       Pages : 1009 - 1010
Int J Microbiol Res 10.2 (2018):1009-1010
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/0975-5276.10.2.1009-1010

Keywords : Moellerella wisconsensis, Diarrhea, Stool, Enteric Bacteria, Pathogen
Academic Editor : Avani Parikh, Karuppasamy Murugan, Dr Purvi Desai
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : We are thankful to Sanjivani Super Specialty Hospital Pvt Ltd and Biocare Research (I) Pvt Ltd for their kind support
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Previously called as Enteric Group [1], Moellerella wisconsensis is a Gram Negative bacilli from Enterobacteriaceae family named for the first time in 1984 by Hickman Brenner et al isolated from patients with diarrhea is very rarely reported organism. Its isolation from various clinical specimens have been reported such as gall bladder tissue, blood culture and stool. Moellerella wisconsensis has very few or less case reports reported because it has been recovered from various non clinical sources like water, food and sometimes from the animal origin. We are reporting a case of isolation of Moellerella wisconsensis from stool sample for the first time in western region of India (Ahmedabad-Gujarat).

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