First Human Case of Meningitis and Sepsis in a Child Caused by Actinobacillus suis or Actinobacillus equuli

Carlotta Montagnani; Patrizia Pecile; Maria Moriondo; Patrizia Petricci; Sabrina Becciani; Elena Chiappini; Giuseppe Indolfi; Gian Maria Rossolini; Chiara Azzari; Maurizio de Martino; Luisa Galli

doi:10.1128/JCM.00339-15

First Human Case of Meningitis and Sepsis in a Child Caused by Actinobacillus suis or Actinobacillus equuli

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jun;53(6):1990-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00339-15. Epub 2015 Apr 15.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
² Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³ Laboratory Medicine Unit, ASL6, Leghorn, Italy.
⁴ Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁶ Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy [email protected].

Abstract

We report the first human case of meningitis and sepsis caused in a child by Actinobacillus suis or A. equuli, a common opportunistic pathogen of swine or horses, respectively. Identification was performed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and real-time PCR assay. A previous visit to a farm was suspected as the source of infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Actinobacillus Infections*
Actinobacillus equuli*
Actinobacillus suis*
Adolescent
Bacteremia*
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial*
Molecular Typing