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Case Reports
. 2016 Feb;44(1):111-4.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-015-0809-3. Epub 2015 Jun 24.

Endocarditis caused by Streptococcus canis: an emerging zoonosis?

Guillaume Lacave  1 , Aymeric Coutard  2 , Gilles Troché  3 , Sandrine Augusto  4 , Stéphanie Pons  3 , Benjamin Zuber  3 , Virginie Laurent  3 , Marlène Amara  2 , Brigitte Couzon  2 , Jean-Pierre Bédos  3 , Béatrice Pangon  2 , David Grimaldi  3
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Endocarditis caused by Streptococcus canis: an emerging zoonosis?

Guillaume Lacave et al. Infection. 2016 Feb.

Abstract

We report a human case of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus canis. Identification was carried out from positive blood culture using mass spectrometry and SodA gene sequencing. S. canis related zoonotic invasive infections may have been previously underdiagnosed due to inadequate identification of group G Streptococcus species.

Keywords: Endocarditis; Group G streptococci; Streptococcus canis; Zoonosis.

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