Endocarditis caused by Streptococcus canis: an emerging zoonosis?

Infection. 2016 Feb;44(1):111-4. doi: 10.1007/s15010-015-0809-3. Epub 2015 Jun 24.

Abstract

We report a human case of infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus canis. Identification was carried out from positive blood culture using mass spectrometry and SodA gene sequencing. S. canis related zoonotic invasive infections may have been previously underdiagnosed due to inadequate identification of group G Streptococcus species.

Keywords: Endocarditis; Group G streptococci; Streptococcus canis; Zoonosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Blood / microbiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus / chemistry
  • Streptococcus / classification
  • Streptococcus / genetics
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Zoonoses / diagnosis*
  • Zoonoses / microbiology*