TY - JOUR
T1 - Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a Human Pathogen: A Case Report and Literature Review
AU - Di Domenico, Enea Gino
AU - Toma, Luigi
AU - Prignano, Grazia
AU - Pelagalli, Lorella
AU - Police, Andrea
AU - Cavallotti, Claudia
AU - Torelli, Riccardo
AU - Sanguinetti, Maurizio
AU - Ensoli, Fabrizio
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Cancer
KW - Enterococcus faecium
KW - Hepatic metastasis
KW - Soft tissue infection
KW - Streptococcus uberis
KW - Cancer
KW - Enterococcus faecium
KW - Hepatic metastasis
KW - Soft tissue infection
KW - Streptococcus uberis
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/66002
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.002
M3 - Article
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 33
SP - 79
EP - 81
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -
