The first report of Streptococcus pluranimalium infection from Iran: A case report and literature review

Abstract

The Streptococcus pluranimalium was isolated from both of animals and human infection. There is limited information about pathogenicity of S pluranimalium. As fastidious bacteria, S pluranimalium is not isolated in the routinely culture media and easily misidentified with other streptococci species with conventional microbiology test. According to review of the literatures, the cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, vancomycin, and linezolid are the first choice agents for treatment of infection caused by S pluranimalium.

Streptococcus Pluranimalium Infective Endocarditis Complicated by New Onset Heart Failure

“…In case descriptions reporting the identification method for S. pluranimalium, most relied solely upon bacterial identification by Vitek instrumentation with a single report confirming Vitek identification with 16SrRNA sequencing [19]. Primary use of Vitekbased assays for identification has been called into question by a report from Pongratz, et.…”

“…Currently, first-line antimicrobial agents are reported to include aminoglycosides, cephalosporins, linezolid, and vancomycin [19].…”

“…cervix, vagina, lung, tonsils), avian crop, and from milk of infected dairy animals [12,15]. In addition to IE, S. pluranimalium has been reported as the causal agent in three cases of a brain abscess including one patient whose primary presentation was IE [11,16,17], one case of subdural empyema [18], and five cases of sepsis [19][20][21][22][23] with one case including septic arthritis [21], one case developing sepsis following a dental procedure [22], and a third case initially presenting as pneumonia with S. pluranimalium isolated from blood cultures [23]. This report now describes a fifth case of IE with S. pluranimalium associated bacteremia and is the first report of new onset heart failure as a complication of this infection.…”

First case of Streptococcus pluranimalium meningitis isolated at Kibogora district hospital

“…Streptococcus pluranimalium is unusual streptococcal species, which is rarely isolated from human infection [1]. It was first described by Devriese et al in 1999 isolated from genital tract and tonsils of cattle, tonsils of a goat and a cat and the excreta and respiratory tract of canaries.…”

“…It was first described by Devriese et al in 1999 isolated from genital tract and tonsils of cattle, tonsils of a goat and a cat and the excreta and respiratory tract of canaries. It primarily causes infections in bovine and avian species [1,2,3,4,6,8].Clinicians should be aware of an increasing incidence of non-hemolytic Streptococcal infections. [1] We report the first case of Streptococcus pluranimalium meningitis isolated at Kibogora district hospital.…”