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Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (Lancefield group C) meningitis in a child

  1. S. Elsayed,
  2. O. Hammerberg,
  3. V. Massey,
  4. Z. Hussain

Article first published online: 26 AUG 2003

DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00663.x

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Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volume 9, Issue 8, pages 869–872, August 2003

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Elsayed, S., Hammerberg, O., Massey, V. and Hussain, Z. (2003), Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (Lancefield group C) meningitis in a child. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 9: 869–872. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00663.x

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  1. 1 Department of Microbiology, Calgary Laboratory Services, 1638–10th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3C 0J5, 2 Department of Clinical Microbiology, London Health Sciences Center 3 Department of Pediatrics, London Health Sciences Center and 4Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada *Tel: +1 403 209 5309Fax: +1 403 209 5347E-mail: sameer.elsayed@cls.ab.ca

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 AUG 2003
  2. Article first published online: 26 AUG 2003
  3. Accepted 4 September 2002

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Keywords:

  • Group C streptococcus;
  • Streptococcus equi subsp. equi;
  • Streptococcus;
  • meningitis

We present a case of Streptococcus equi subsp. equi meningitis in a young boy. This case represents the first report in the literature of meningitis caused by this organism, as far as we know.

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