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Case Reports
. 1998 Sep;36(9):2789-90.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.36.9.2789-2790.1998.

Actinobacillus equuli septicemia: an unusual zoonotic infection

C Ashhurst-Smith  1 , R Norton, W Thoreau, M M Peel
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Case Reports

Actinobacillus equuli septicemia: an unusual zoonotic infection

C Ashhurst-Smith et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Sep.

Abstract

We describe the isolation of Actinobacillus equuli from the blood of a 53-year-old butcher with septicemia. This species of the genus Actinobacillus is primarily associated with animals and animal diseases, especially septicemia in foals. This is the first report of the isolation of A. equuli from a human with septicemia.

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