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Published on: July 11, 2016
Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a human pathogen: a case report and literature review
Enea Gino Di Domenico1, Luigi Toma2, Grazia Prignano3
1Department of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, San Gallicano Dermatology Institute, Rome, Italy; Pasteur Institute-Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
Streptococcus uberis is an environmental bacterium responsible for bovine mastitis. It is occasionally described as a human pathogen, though in most cases the identification was based on biochemical phenotyping techniques. This report shows that the biochemical phenotyping may incorrectly identify Enterococcus faecium as S. uberis.
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