Taxonomy
Family: Alcaligenaceae, is a new member of the alcaligenaceae family

Gyiorum (meaning “from the limbs”) was selected as the name of the species because the majority of strains were isolated from human leg wounds.

Clinical significance
Kerstersia gyiorum is an extremely rare pathogen of human infection.
It can cause chronic infection in patients mostly with underlying conditions. They are isolated from wounds, respiratory tract, urine specimens and most frequently from chronic supperative otitis media.
It can easily be misdiagnosed if proper diagnostic methods are not used.

Increased use of MALDI-TOF MS in the clinical setting may increase reporting of this atypical isolate.