Journal
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Volume 139, Issue 3, Pages 406-410Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001184
Keywords
Group C streptococci; meningitis; Streptococcus zooepidetnicus; zoonoses
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Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus rarely causes meningitis in humans by contact with domestic animals or their unpasteurized products. In this paper we reviewed the literature pertaining to the epidemiological and clinical aspects relating to this infection on previously reported cases of human disease. Additionally, the case of a 51-year-old female who acquired meningitis with this organism after contact with a horse is described. This patient was successfully treated with ceftriaxone, yet penicillin remains the treatment of choice. This aetiological agent should be considered in the proper epidemiological context.
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