[A case of zoonosis associated with Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus].
A sexagenarian couple operating a dairy farm, where there were also many horses, suffered a severe respiratory infection associated with the bacterium Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus. The investigation revealed that the source of infection was due to contacts with a horse having an infected wound from which we isolated this zoonotic agent.
Boucher
Claude
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Chaudière-Appalaches, ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec, 2700, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy, Québec.
Higgins
Robert
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Nadeau
Marie
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Vincent
Chantal
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D018502:Streptococcus equi / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D015047:Zoonoses