Group L beta-haemolytic streptococcal infection in meat handlers: another streptococcal zoonosis?
| Autor: | M. Barnham, D. J. Neilson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Male Impetigo Meat Adolescent Epidemiology Swine Skin infection medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Streptococcal Infections Zoonoses medicine Animals Humans Skin Diseases Infectious Paronychia biology integumentary system Streptococcus business.industry Zoonosis food and beverages Middle Aged medicine.disease Streptococcaceae biology.organism_classification Occupational Diseases Infectious Diseases England Scotland Staphylococcus aureus Beta haemolytic Immunology Wound Infection Female business Chickens Abattoirs Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology and infection. 99(2) |
| ISSN: | 0950-2688 |
| Popis: | SUMMARYGroup L, β-haemolytic streptococci can cause infection in dogs, pigs, cattle and sheep but there have been very few reports in man. In studies of skin infection in meat handlers we cultured group L streptococci from clinically infected wounds, impetigo and paronychia of 15 patients involved in the slaughter and processing of chickens and pigs.Staphylococcus aureuswas also present in eight (53%) of the lesions. At least five other infections with group L streptococci in meat and animal handlers are known to have occurred in other parts of England in recent years, and brief details are given. |
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