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

Enea Gino Di Domenico; Luigi Toma; Grazia Prignano; Lorella Pelagalli; Andrea Police; Claudia Cavallotti; Riccardo Torelli; Maurizio Sanguinetti; Fabrizio Ensoli

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.002

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Apr 2015)

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

Enea Gino Di Domenico,
Luigi Toma,
Grazia Prignano,
Lorella Pelagalli,
Andrea Police,
Claudia Cavallotti,
Riccardo Torelli,
Maurizio Sanguinetti,
Fabrizio Ensoli

Affiliations

Enea Gino Di Domenico: Department of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, Italy
Luigi Toma: Department of Infectious Disease, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, Italy
Grazia Prignano: Department of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, Italy
Lorella Pelagalli: Intensive Care Medicine, National Cancer Institute “Regina Elena”, Rome, Italy
Andrea Police: Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, National Cancer Institute “Regina” Elena, Rome, Italy
Claudia Cavallotti: Department of Dermatology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, Italy
Riccardo Torelli: Institute of Microbiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Maurizio Sanguinetti: Institute of Microbiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Fabrizio Ensoli: Department of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 33, no. C
pp. 79 – 81

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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.

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1201-9712 (Print); 1878-3511 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-infectious-diseases/

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