Streptococcus zooepidemicus meningitis and bacteraemia.
Group C streptococci are common causative agents of epidemic infections in animals and a rare cause of meningitis in humans. The case is reported of a 75-y-old man with meningitis caused by a group C streptococcus (Streptococcus zooepidemicus). He had frequent contact with horses, which were a possible source of infection. In spite of treatment with a third generation cephalosporin, the outcome was fatal.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Meram Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey. onururalmail@yahoo.com
Onur
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Ural
Inci
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Tuncer
Nebahat
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Dikici
Buket
B
Aridogan
D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D018502:Streptococcus equi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014421:Turkey