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A milk-borne outbreak of serious infection due to Streptococcus zooepidemicus (Lancefield Group C)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. T. Edwards ,
M. Roulson  and
M. J. Ironside
A. T. Edwards
Affiliation:
Pathology Department, Royal Halifax Infirmary, Free School Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2YP
M. Roulson
Affiliation:
Pathology Department, Royal Halifax Infirmary, Free School Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2YP
M. J. Ironside
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Calderdale Health Authority, Free School Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2YP
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An outbreak of infection due to Streptococcus zooepidemicus (Lancefield Group C) is described. At least 11 patients were affected and the infection was responsible for, or contributed to, the deaths of seven of these. Clinical features included septicaemia, meningitis and endocarditis. The source of infection was unpasteurized milk from a dairy herd with mild intermittent mastitis.

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Special Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 101 , Issue 1 , August 1988 , pp. 43 - 51
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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