Streptococcus gallolyticus Subspecies pasteurianus (Biotype II/2), a Newly Reported Cause of Adult Meningitis

Amy S Sturt; Liying Yang; Kuldip Sandhu; Zhiheng Pei; Nicholas Cassai; Martin J Blaser

doi:10.1128/JCM.00081-10

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Streptococcus gallolyticus Subspecies pasteurianus (Biotype II/2), a Newly Reported Cause of Adult Meningitis

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Streptococcus gallolyticus Subspecies pasteurianus (Biotype II/2), a Newly Reported Cause of Adult Meningitis

Amy S Sturt, Liying Yang, Kuldip Sandhu, Zhiheng Pei, Nicholas Cassai and Martin J Blaser

Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.48(6), pp.2247-2249

06/2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00081-10

PMCID: PMC2884481

PMID: 20357211

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We report the first case of adult meningitis confirmed to be due to Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus . Phenotypically reported as Streptococcus bovis biotype II/2, 16S rRNA sequencing revealed S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus . Because of taxonomic uncertainties, S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus may be an underrecognized agent of systemic infections.

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Title: Streptococcus gallolyticus Subspecies pasteurianus (Biotype II/2), a Newly Reported Cause of Adult Meningitis
Creators: Amy S Sturt - Stanford University, Stanford, California
Liying Yang - Stanford University, Stanford, California
Kuldip Sandhu - Stanford University, Stanford, California
Zhiheng Pei - Stanford University, Stanford, California
Nicholas Cassai - Stanford University, Stanford, California
Martin J Blaser - Stanford University, Stanford, California
Publication Details: Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.48(6), pp.2247-2249
Date published: 06/2010
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Academic Unit: Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Identifiers: 991031666009904646