Leptospira wolffii sp. nov., isolated from a human with suspected leptospirosis in Thailand

• Main Authors: Andrew T. Slack, Thareerat Kalambaheti, Meegan L. Symonds, Michael F. Dohnt, Renee L. Galloway, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Wanpen Chaicumpa, Gaysorn Bunyaraksyotin, Scott Craig, Bruce J. Harrower, Lee D. Smythe
• 其他作者: World Health Organization, Australia
• 格式: Article
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Immunology and Microbiology
• 在線閱讀: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/18697
• 機構: Mahidol University

A single Leptospira strain (designated Khorat-H2T) was isolated from the urine of an adult male patient with suspected leptospirosis from the province of Nakornrachasima, Thailand. The isolate showed typical Leptospira motility and morphology under dark-field microscopy. Cells were 10-13 μm long and...