Abstract
Fatal<i>Streptococcus equi</i>subsp.<i>ruminatorum</i>Infection in a Man
Highlights
We report here a case of human infection caused by S. equi subsp. ruminatorum. [3]
All sets of aero-anaerobic blood cultures, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and bronchial aspirate fluid yielded the growth of a catalasenegative, β-hemolytic, gram-positive cocci belonging to the Lancefield group C of streptococci
The isolates were identified as S. equi by using the Vitek2 system, rapid ID32 STREP, and API 20 STREP strips, but phenotype was inconclusive for subspecies identification
Summary
It consists of 3 subspecies of zoonotic agents rarely reported as human pathogens [1,2]: S. equi subsp. We report here a case of human infection caused by S. equi subsp. All sets of aero-anaerobic blood cultures, CSF, and bronchial aspirate fluid yielded the growth of a catalasenegative, β-hemolytic, gram-positive cocci belonging to the Lancefield group C of streptococci. The isolates were identified as S. equi by using the Vitek2 system, rapid ID32 STREP, and API 20 STREP strips (bioMérieux, Marcy l’Etoile, France), but phenotype was inconclusive for subspecies identification.
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