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J Med Microbiol 58 (2009), 1252-1254; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006551-0
© 2009 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Neonatal bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus

Sagano Onoyama1,2, Reina Ogata1,2, Akihito Wada3, Mitsumasa Saito2, Kenji Okada4 and Tatsuo Harada1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka Red Cross Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

2 Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan

3 Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan

4 Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka National Hospital, 4-39-1 Yakatabaru, Minami-ku, Fukuoka 811-1394, Japan

Correspondence
Sagano Onoyama
ped{at}fukuoka-med.jrc.or.jp

Received September 29, 2008
Accepted May 26, 2009

This report describes a case of neonatal bacteraemia and meningitis due to Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus. Based on the identification kit results, this species may have been reported as Streptococcus bovis or S. bovis biotype II. The accurate identification of this organism is mandatory for evaluating the aetiology of neonatal meningitis.






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