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

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

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...

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Main Authors: Enea Gino Di Domenico, Luigi Toma, Grazia Prignano, Lorella Pelagalli, Andrea Police, Claudia Cavallotti, Riccardo Torelli, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Fabrizio Ensoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cancer
Enterococcus faecium
Hepatic metastasis
Soft tissue infection
Streptococcus uberis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215000041
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spelling doaj-bdfc940248b747b29c15b8ab01a643d72020-11-24T23:48:41ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112015-04-0133C798110.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.002Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a Human Pathogen: A Case Report and Literature ReviewEnea Gino Di Domenico0Luigi Toma1Grazia Prignano2Lorella Pelagalli3Andrea Police4Claudia Cavallotti5Riccardo Torelli6Maurizio Sanguinetti7Fabrizio Ensoli8Department of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Infectious Disease, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, ItalyIntensive Care Medicine, National Cancer Institute “Regina Elena”, Rome, ItalyHepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, National Cancer Institute “Regina” Elena, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Dermatology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, ItalyInstitute of Microbiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, ItalyInstitute of Microbiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, Italy 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. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215000041CancerEnterococcus faeciumHepatic metastasisSoft tissue infectionStreptococcus uberis
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author Enea Gino Di Domenico
Luigi Toma
Grazia Prignano
Lorella Pelagalli
Andrea Police
Claudia Cavallotti
Riccardo Torelli
Maurizio Sanguinetti
Fabrizio Ensoli
spellingShingle Enea Gino Di Domenico
Luigi Toma
Grazia Prignano
Lorella Pelagalli
Andrea Police
Claudia Cavallotti
Riccardo Torelli
Maurizio Sanguinetti
Fabrizio Ensoli
Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a Human Pathogen: A Case Report and Literature Review
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Cancer
Enterococcus faecium
Hepatic metastasis
Soft tissue infection
Streptococcus uberis
author_facet Enea Gino Di Domenico
Luigi Toma
Grazia Prignano
Lorella Pelagalli
Andrea Police
Claudia Cavallotti
Riccardo Torelli
Maurizio Sanguinetti
Fabrizio Ensoli
author_sort Enea Gino Di Domenico
title Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a Human Pathogen: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a Human Pathogen: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a Human Pathogen: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a Human Pathogen: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a Human Pathogen: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort misidentification of streptococcus uberis as a human pathogen: a case report and literature review
publisher Elsevier
series International Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1201-9712
1878-3511
publishDate 2015-04-01
description 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.
topic Cancer
Enterococcus faecium
Hepatic metastasis
Soft tissue infection
Streptococcus uberis
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215000041
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