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- Title
Notes from the Field: Fatal Infection Associated with Equine Exposure - King County, Washington, 2016.
- Authors
Kawakami, Vance; Rietberg, Krista; Lipton, Beth; Eckmann, Kaye; Watkins, Maryann; Oltean, Hanna; Kay, Meagan; Rothschild, Chantal; Kobayashi, Miwako; Van Beneden, Chris; Duchin, Jeff
- Abstract
On March 17, 2016, Public Health-Seattle & King County in Washington was notified of two persons who received a diagnosis of Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus (S. zooepidemicus) infections. S. zooepidemicus is a zoonotic pathogen that rarely causes human illness and is usually associated with consuming unpasteurized dairy products or with direct horse contact (1). In horses, S. zooepidemicus is a commensal bacterium that can cause respiratory, wound, and uterine infections (2). The health department investigated to determine the magnitude of the outbreak, identify risk factors, and offer recommendations.
- Subjects
WASHINGTON (State); STREPTOCOCCAL disease diagnosis; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DISEASE complications; ANIMAL diseases; HORSES; STREPTOCOCCAL diseases; STREPTOCOCCUS; ZOONOSES; TREATMENT effectiveness; DIAGNOSIS; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2016, Vol 65, Issue 30, p788
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.15585/mmwr.mm6530a5