Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus meningitis.
A 72-year-old woman was hospitalized for Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus meningitis. The same organism was cultured from her two horses. She denied contact with horses, but had a practice of consuming unpasteurized milk from a cow. The cow was in the same stable as the horses, and the ill woman's son milked the cow.
Jovanović
M
M
Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Belgrade, Serbia.
Stevanović
G
G
Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Belgrade, Serbia.
Tošić
T
T
Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Belgrade, Serbia.
Stošović
B
B
Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Belgrade, Serbia.
Zervos
M J
MJ
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.|Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006736:Horses / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D018502:Streptococcus equi / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission