We report the first human case of meningitis and sepsis caused in a child by Actinobacillus suis or A. equuli, a common opportunistic pathogen of swine or horses, respectively. Identification was performed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionizationtime of flight mass spectrometry and real-time PCR assay. A previous visit to a farm was suspected as the source of infection.
First human case of meningitis and sepsis in a child caused by actinobacillus suis or actinobacillus equuli / Montagnani, Carlotta; Pecile, Patrizia; Moriondo, Maria; Petricci, Patrizia; Becciani, Sabrina; Chiappini, Elena; Indolfi, Giuseppe; Rossolini, Gian Maria; Azzari, Chiara; De Martino, Maurizio; Galli, Luisa. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0095-1137. - STAMPA. - 53:(2015), pp. 1990-1992. [10.1128/JCM.00339-15]
First human case of meningitis and sepsis in a child caused by actinobacillus suis or actinobacillus equuli
CHIAPPINI, ELENA;Indolfi, Giuseppe;ROSSOLINI, GIAN MARIA;AZZARI, CHIARA;DE MARTINO, MAURIZIO;GALLI, LUISA
2015
Abstract
We report the first human case of meningitis and sepsis caused in a child by Actinobacillus suis or A. equuli, a common opportunistic pathogen of swine or horses, respectively. Identification was performed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionizationtime of flight mass spectrometry and real-time PCR assay. A previous visit to a farm was suspected as the source of infection.
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