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New Microbes New Infect. 2015 Jun 15;7:50-1. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.06.004. eCollection 2015 Sep.

Enterococcus cecorum human infection, France.

New microbes and new infections

E Delaunay, C Abat, J-M Rolain

Affiliations

  1. Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UMR CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.

PMID: 26199733 PMCID: PMC4506978 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.06.004

Abstract

Enterococcus cecorum is a bacterium of the intestinal tract of many domestic animals that is rarely reported as human pathogen. Here we report the first case of incisional hernia plate infection and the first case of urinary tract colonization due to E. cecorum from patients in Marseille, France.

Keywords: Enterococcus cecorum; MALDI-TOF; food-mediated acquisition; immunosuppressors; urinary-tract infection

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