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. 2015 Apr:33:79-81.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.002. Epub 2015 Jan 8.

Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a human pathogen: a case report and literature review

Enea Gino Di Domenico  1 , Luigi Toma  2 , Grazia Prignano  3 , Lorella Pelagalli  4 , Andrea Police  5 , Claudia Cavallotti  6 , Riccardo Torelli  7 , Maurizio Sanguinetti  7 , Fabrizio Ensoli  3
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Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a human pathogen: a case report and literature review

Enea Gino Di Domenico et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Apr.
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Abstract

Streptococcus uberis is an environmental bacterium responsible for bovine mastitis. It is occasionally described as a human pathogen, though in most cases the identification was based on biochemical phenotyping techniques. This report shows that the biochemical phenotyping may incorrectly identify Enterococcus faecium as S. uberis.

Keywords: Cancer; Enterococcus faecium; Hepatic metastasis; Soft tissue infection; Streptococcus uberis.

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