title: Streptococcal meningitis resulting from contact with an infected horse.
abstract: We report a case of group C streptococcal meningitis in a woman with a history of close animal contact as well as head trauma as a result of a kick by a horse. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures grew Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus, as did a throat culture taken from the colt that had kicked her 2 weeks prior to admission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Toronto Medical Laboratories and Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Downar
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Willey
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Sutherland
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Low
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D018502:Streptococcus equi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015047:Zoonoses