Streptococcus oriscaviae sp. nov. Infection Associated with Guinea Pigs.

ABSTRACT: Pet bite-related infections are commonly caused by the pet's oral flora transmitted to the animal handlers through the bite wounds. In this study, we isolated a streptococcus, HKU75^T, in pure culture from the purulent discharge collected from a guinea pig bite wound in a previously healthy young patient. HKU75^T was alpha-hemolytic on sheep blood agar and agglutinated with Lancefield group D and group G antisera. API 20 STREP showed that the most likely identity for HKU75^T was S. suis I with 85.4% confidence while Vitek 2 showed that HKU75^T was unidentifiable. MALDI-TOF MS identified HKU75^T as Streptococcus suis (score of 1.86 only). 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that HKU75^T was most closely related to S. parasuis (9

SUBMITTER: Teng JLL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9241640 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature