Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus meningitis

• Published in: Journal of medical microbiology Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 373 - 375
• Main Authors: Jovanovic, M, Stevanovic, G, Tosic, T, Stosovic, B, Zervos, M. J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Soc General Microbiol 01.03.2008; Society for General Microbiology
• Subjects: Aged; Animals; Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; Cerebrospinal Fluid - microbiology; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Horse Diseases - microbiology; Horse Diseases - transmission; Horses - microbiology; Humans; Male; Meningitis, Bacterial - diagnosis; Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology; Microbiology; Milk - microbiology; Miscellaneous; Respiratory Tract Infections - microbiology; Respiratory Tract Infections - transmission; Respiratory Tract Infections - veterinary; Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis; Streptococcal Infections - microbiology; Streptococcal Infections - transmission; Streptococcal Infections - veterinary; Streptococcus equi; Streptococcus equi - classification; Streptococcus equi - genetics; Streptococcus equi - isolation & purification; Zoonoses - microbiology; Zoonoses - transmission; Streptococcaceae; Nervous system diseases; Central nervous system disease; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Meningitis; Streptococcus equi; Veterinary
• ISSN: 0022-2615; 1473-5644
• DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47487-0

1 Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Belgrade, Serbia 2 Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA 3 Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA Correspondence M. Jovanovi mijovan{at}eunet.yu Received 29 June 2007 Accepted 24 October 2007 A 72-year-old woman was hospitalized for Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus meningitis. The same organism was cultured from her two horses. She denied contact with horses, but had a practice of consuming unpasteurized milk from a cow. The cow was in the same stable as the horses, and the ill woman's son milked the cow.