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Article: Fatal Streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum infection in a man.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
- Author:
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To the Editor: Streptococcus equi belongs to the pyogenic group of streptococci and to group C of the Lancefield classification. It consists of 3 subspecies of zoonotic agents rarely reported as human pathogens (1,2): S. equi subsp, equi, S. equi subsp, zooepidemicus, and S. equi subsp, ruminatorum. We report here a case of human infection caused by S. equi subsp, ruminatorum. (3).
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