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Objective: To systematically address all the relevant information regarding M. wisconsensis through literature. Methods: We searched PubMed and Scopus databases up to January 2022 and performed a qualitative synthesis of published articles reporting infection from M. wisconsensis in humans. Results: We identified 25 records on PubMed and 43 additional records on Scopus. After removing duplicates, we examined in detail 15 articles. Ten studies with a total of 17 cases were included in our systematic review. Nine studies described isolated case reports, while 1 study described 8 cases. The origin of the infection was the alimentary tract in 9 cases, gallbladder in 4 cases, peritoneal cavity in 2 cases, respiratory tract in 1 case and hemodialysis catheter insertion site in 1 case. In 3 of the aforementioned cases M. wisconsensis was also isolated in blood cultures. Conclusion: Physicians should be aware that M. wisconsensis can be present in multiple clinical specimens and that the antibiotic resistance profile of the isolates may pose significant challenges.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms10050892","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,24]],"date-time":"2022-04-24T22:22:41Z","timestamp":1650838961000},"page":"892","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Infections Caused by Moellerella wisconsensis: A Case Report and a Systematic Review of the Literature"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Daphnie","family":"Germanou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, German Oncology Center, Limassol 4108, Cyprus"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6981-8535","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nikolaos","family":"Spernovasilis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infectious Diseases, German Oncology Center, Limassol 4108, Cyprus"},{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anastasios","family":"Papadopoulos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Oncology, German Oncology Center, Limassol 4108, Cyprus"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sofia","family":"Christodoulou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, German Oncology Center, Limassol 4108, Cyprus"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9749-5075","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aris P.","family":"Agouridis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, German Oncology Center, Limassol 4108, Cyprus"},{"name":"School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia 2404, Cyprus"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"460","DOI":"10.1128\/jcm.19.4.460-463.1984","article-title":"Moellerella wisconsensis, a new genus and species of Enterobacteriaceae found in human stool specimens","volume":"19","author":"Saitoh","year":"1984","journal-title":"J. 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