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First case of a dog bite wound infection caused by Streptococcus minor in human

We report the first case of human infection caused by Streptococcus minor in a 51-year-old immunocompetent woman admitted for dog bite injuries. At present, the role of Streptococcus minor in bite wound infections is unknown. Further studies on virulence factors are needed to elucidate its pathogeni...

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Autores principales: Tré-Hardy, M., Saussez, T., Yombi, J.C., Rodriguez-Villalobos, H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.08.001
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spelling pubmed-50314752016-09-29 First case of a dog bite wound infection caused by Streptococcus minor in human Tré-Hardy, M. Saussez, T. Yombi, J.C. Rodriguez-Villalobos, H. New Microbes New Infect First Clinical Case Report We report the first case of human infection caused by Streptococcus minor in a 51-year-old immunocompetent woman admitted for dog bite injuries. At present, the role of Streptococcus minor in bite wound infections is unknown. Further studies on virulence factors are needed to elucidate its pathogenicity mechanisms. Elsevier 2016-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5031475/ /pubmed/27688883 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.08.001 Text en © 2016 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title First case of a dog bite wound infection caused by Streptococcus minor in human
title_full First case of a dog bite wound infection caused by Streptococcus minor in human
title_fullStr First case of a dog bite wound infection caused by Streptococcus minor in human
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title_short First case of a dog bite wound infection caused by Streptococcus minor in human
title_sort first case of a dog bite wound infection caused by streptococcus minor in human
topic First Clinical Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.08.001
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