title: Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus meningitis in Peru.
abstract: A 59-year-old man with a history of fever, unsteadiness, hemiparesis, motor aphasia and consciousness disturbance was hospitalized for Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus meningitis. He denied contact with farm animals, but had a practice of consuming unpasteurized goats' cheese from an uncertain source.
authors.affiliation: Bacteriology Department, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Nicanor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional Daniel A. Carrion, Callao, Peru.
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guevara
authors.affiliation: Bacteriology Department, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Drake H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Tilley
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional Daniel A. Carrion, Callao, Peru.
authors.forename: Jesus A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Briceno
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Zunt
authors.affiliation: Bacteriology Department, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Silvia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Montano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology*; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D061352:Pasteurization; D010568:Peru; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D018502:Streptococcus equi / Q000302:isolation & purification*