1988
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800029204
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A milk-borne outbreak of serious infection due toStreptococcus zooepidemicus(Lancefield Group C)

Abstract: SUMMARYAn outbreak of infection due to Streptococcus zooepidemicus (Lancefield Group C) is described. At least 11 patients were affected and the infection was responsible for, or contributed to, the deaths of seven of these. Clinical features included septicaemia, meningitis and endocarditis. The source of infection was unpasteurized milk from a dairy herd with mild intermittent mastitis.

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“…Outbreaks of S. zooepidemicus infections have been reported in different species, such as clinical mastitis in sheep (Las Heras et al, 2002), hemorrhagic pneumonia in dogs (Garnett et al, 1982;Kim et al, 2007;Pesavento et al, 2008) and human dairy-born septicemia (Edwards et al, 1988;Kuusi et al, 2006). The direct transmission of S. zooepidemicus from horses to a human has been suggested (Rose et al, 1980) and the zoonotic potential of this pathogen should not be over-looked.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Outbreaks of S. zooepidemicus infections have been reported in different species, such as clinical mastitis in sheep (Las Heras et al, 2002), hemorrhagic pneumonia in dogs (Garnett et al, 1982;Kim et al, 2007;Pesavento et al, 2008) and human dairy-born septicemia (Edwards et al, 1988;Kuusi et al, 2006). The direct transmission of S. zooepidemicus from horses to a human has been suggested (Rose et al, 1980) and the zoonotic potential of this pathogen should not be over-looked.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus is also responsible for various sporadic human infections such as bacteremia, meningitis, septicemia, or endophthalmitis (1, 16), as well as for outbreaks associated with the consumption of nonpasteurized milk or milk products (3,8,11). Thus, the excretion of this pathogen in milk represents for consumers of raw sheep milk products a health risk that should not be underestimated.…”
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“…This however is not the case with group C streptococci, which tend to cause epidemics due to bovine spread. Four previous epidemics of S. zooepidemicus have been reported as outbreaks of PSGN in two [8], or as sepsis or meningitis in the other two [13]. The source of the infection in all four outbreaks was suspected to be from the consumption of dairy products.…”
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confidence: 92%