Helcococcus ovis in a patient with an artificial eye: a case report and literature review

Helcococcus ovis in a patient with an artificial eye: a case report and literature review

Abstract Background Helcococcus ovis, belonging to the genus of Helcococcu in Peptostreptococcaceae, is one kind of facultative anaerobic and gram-positive cocci, which was first isolated from a mixed infection in sheep in 1999. To our knowledge, it’s known as an invasive pathogen in animals, and ne...

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Main Authors: Liyan Mao, Zhongju Chen, Yanfang Lu, Jing Yu, Yu Zhou, Qun Lin, Ying Luo, Ziyong Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Eye infection
Artificial eye
Helcococcus ovis
16S rRNA gene sequencing
Antimicrobial susceptibility
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3310-7

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