Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a Human Pathogen: A Case Report and Literature Review

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Enea Gino Di Domenico¹  Fabrizio Ensoli¹  Grazia Prignano¹  Claudia Cavallotti²  Luigi Toma³  Andrea Police⁴  Riccardo Torelli⁵  Maurizio Sanguinetti⁵  Lorella Pelagalli⁶ 

[1] Department of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, Italy;Department of Dermatology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, Italy;Department of Infectious Disease, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, Italy;Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, National Cancer Institute “Regina” Elena, Rome, Italy;Institute of Microbiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy;Intensive Care Medicine, National Cancer Institute “Regina Elena”, Rome, Italy;

关键词: Cancer;    Enterococcus faecium;    Hepatic metastasis;    Soft tissue infection;    Streptococcus uberis;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.002

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

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