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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Hede SV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4365231 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20150121 4
Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus, previously known as Streptococcus bovis biotype II.2, is an uncommon pathogen in neonates. Nevertheless, it can cause severe neonatal sepsis and meningitis often clinically indistinguishable from those caused by group B streptococci and has been associated with considerable morbidity. We report the first known cases of S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus infection in twin infants. ...[more]