SEPTICEMIA CAUSED BY STREPTOCOCCUS-CANIS IN A HUMAN

Authors
BERT F LAMBERTZECHOVSKY N
Citation
F. Bert et N. Lambertzechovsky, SEPTICEMIA CAUSED BY STREPTOCOCCUS-CANIS IN A HUMAN, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(3), 1997, pp. 777-779
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
777 - 779
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:3<777:SCBSIA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We describe a case of septicemia due to Streptococcus canis in a 77-ye ar-old man. The organism was presumably transmitted from a domestic an imal. Ulcers of the lower limbs were the likely portals of entry. The differentiation between Streptococcus canis and Streptococcus dysgalac tiae was based on biochemical properties and DNA macrorestriction anal ysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.