Endocarditis caused by Streptococcus canis: an emerging zoonosis?

We report a human case of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus canis . Identification was carried out from positive blood culture using mass spectrometry and SodA gene sequencing. S. canis related zoonotic invasive infections may have been previously underdiagnosed due to inadequate identi...

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Published in:Infection 2016-02, Vol.44 (1), p.111-114
Main Authors: Lacave, Guillaume, Coutard, Aymeric, Troché, Gilles, Augusto, Sandrine, Pons, Stéphanie, Zuber, Benjamin, Laurent, Virginie, Amara, Marlène, Couzon, Brigitte, Bédos, Jean-Pierre, Pangon, Béatrice, Grimaldi, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Animals
Bacteriological Techniques
Blood - microbiology
Case Report
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - diagnosis
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - microbiology
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology
Family Medicine
General Practice
Humans
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Male
Mass Spectrometry
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis
Streptococcal Infections - microbiology
Streptococcus - chemistry
Streptococcus - classification
Streptococcus - genetics
Streptococcus - isolation & purification
Zoonoses
Zoonoses - diagnosis
Zoonoses - microbiology
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Summary:We report a human case of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus canis . Identification was carried out from positive blood culture using mass spectrometry and SodA gene sequencing. S. canis related zoonotic invasive infections may have been previously underdiagnosed due to inadequate identification of group G Streptococcus species.
ISSN:0300-8126
1439-0973
DOI:10.1007/s15010-015-0809-3