Abstract

GARCIA CASALLAS, Julio César; CUERVO MILLAN, Francisco; KLING, Luis Felipe  and  PALENCIA BOADA, M. Angelica. Streptococcus equi Cellulitis: Case Report and Literature Review. Infect. [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.3, pp.160-162. ISSN 0123-9392.

Streptococcus equi is a gram-positive cocci, from group C of Lance 􀃀 eld. It causes an important disease in horses, strangles or equine adenitis (1-2). In humans, these infections are rare, and skin and soft tissue infections, pharyngitis, pneumonia, toxic shock-like syndrome and endocarditis are more frequently observed. When the infection is associated with bacteremia, the reported mortality is near 25% (3). We report the case of a 44-year old man who was admitted to the emergency department of the University of Sabana Clinic with cellulitis due to Streptococcus equi in his right hand.

Keywords : Streptococcus equi; risk factors; virulence factors; M protein; streptolysin S; cellulitis; soft tissue infections.

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