Zoonotic endocarditis in a man, The Netherlands
- Sleutjens, Janneke
- Meijer, Dennie
- Meregalli, Paola G.
- Bakker, Leendert
- Wagenaar, Jaap A.
- Duim, Birgitta
- Zomer, Aldert
Publication date
January 2019
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ISSN
1080-6040Abstract
In 2017, endocarditis caused by Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus was diagnosed in a man in the Netherlands who had daily contact with horses. Whole-genome sequencing of isolates from the man and his horses confirmed the same clone, indicating horse-to-human transmission. Systematic reporting of all zoonotic cases would help with risk assessment
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