Pseudomonas paucimobilis from a leg ulcer on a Japanese seaman.
Pseudomonas paucimobilis was isolated in pure culture from an ulcer on the leg of a Japanese seaman while in an Australian port. A description of the isolate is given. This may be the first report of a human infection in which this recently characterized species is implicated as a pathogen.
D001315:Australia; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009326:Naval Medicine; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*