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First Human Case of Meningitis and Sepsis in a Child Caused by Actinobacillus suis or Actinobacillus equuli.

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 ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and real-time PCR assay. A previous visit to a farm was suspected as the source of infection.

SUBMITTER: Montagnani C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4432038 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

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First Human Case of Meningitis and Sepsis in a Child Caused by Actinobacillus suis or Actinobacillus equuli.

Montagnani Carlotta C Pecile Patrizia P Moriondo Maria M Petricci Patrizia P Becciani Sabrina S Chiappini Elena E Indolfi Giuseppe G Rossolini Gian Maria GM Azzari Chiara C de Martino Maurizio M Galli Luisa L

Journal of clinical microbiology 20150415 6

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 ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and real-time PCR assay. A previous visit to a farm was suspected as the source of infection. ...[more]

PMID: 25878346

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