Zoonotic Endocarditis in a Man, the Netherlands
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2019-01
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Sleutjens, Janneke
Meijer, Dennie
Meregalli, Paola G
Bakker, Leendert
Wagenaar, J.A.
Duim, Birgitta
Zomer, Aldert
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In 2017, endocarditis caused by Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus was diagnosed in a man in the Netherlands who had daily contact with horses. Whole-genome sequencing of isolates from the man and his horses confirmed the same clone, indicating horse-to-human transmission. Systematic reporting of all zoonotic cases would help with risk assessment.
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Sleutjens, J, Meijer, D, Meregalli, P G, Bakker, L, Wagenaar, J A, Duim, B & Zomer, A 2019, 'Zoonotic Endocarditis in a Man, the Netherlands', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 180-182. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.181029