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Case Reports
. 1988 Aug;101(1):43-51.
doi: 10.1017/s0950268800029204.

A milk-borne outbreak of serious infection due to Streptococcus zooepidemicus (Lancefield Group C)

A T Edwards  1 , M Roulson, M J Ironside
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Case Reports

A milk-borne outbreak of serious infection due to Streptococcus zooepidemicus (Lancefield Group C)

A T Edwards et al. Epidemiol Infect. 1988 Aug.

Abstract

An outbreak of infection due to Streptococcus zooepidemicus (Lancefield Group C) is described. At least 11 patients were affected and the infection was responsible for, or contributed to, the deaths of seven of these. Clinical features included septicaemia, meningitis and endocarditis. The source of infection was unpasteurized milk from a dairy herd with mild intermittent mastitis.

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