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INTRODUCTION We report a case ofWohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica in the setting of neck, upper portion of the back, and right shoulder wounds with maggot infestation. W chitiniclastica is a gram-negative, aerobic, and nonmotile rodwith strong chitinase activity. Reports of this pathogen in humans are very rare, with only 9 published cases of human infection within the contiguous United States, 1 patient in Utah, 2 patients in Ohio, 1 patient in Washington, 2 patients in Kentucky, 1 patient in Pennsylvania, and 1 patient in North Dakota. Here, we report an early case of this bacterial infection in California. The patient was a 51-year-old woman diagnosed with W chitiniclastica bacteremia secondary to maggotinfested skin ulcers.