Ferrandière M, Cattier B, Dequin P F, Hazouard E, Legras A, Perrotin D
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Bretonneau University Hospital, Tours, France.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1998 Apr;17(4):290-1. doi: 10.1007/BF01699990.
A case of septicemia and meningitis due to Streptococcus zooepidemicus in an immunocompetent patient is reported. This organism is an uncommon human pathogen that sometimes causes severe infection, usually in immunocompromised patients. In the reported case, the patient required to be mechanically ventilated for one week and was treated with intravenous ampicillin and gentamicin. He recovered and was discharged from hospital three weeks after the initial presentation. Streptococcus zooepidemicus sensitive to all penicillins, was isolated from all blood cultures and the cerebrospinal fluid.
报告了一例免疫功能正常患者因兽疫链球菌引起的败血症和脑膜炎病例。这种微生物是一种不常见的人类病原体，有时会引起严重感染，通常发生在免疫功能低下的患者中。在该报告病例中，患者需要机械通气一周，并接受静脉注射氨苄西林和庆大霉素治疗。他康复了，并在初次就诊三周后出院。从所有血培养物和脑脊液中分离出对所有青霉素敏感的兽疫链球菌。
