流行链球菌又称为兽疫链球菌或马链球菌兽瘟亚种(学名:Streptococcus zooepidemicus,Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidimicus),是一种流行性致病细菌,属于兰斯菲尔德C组链球菌。此物种可引起多种动物感染发病,通常存在于动物的皮肤、呼吸道、扁桃体及生殖道,可导致各种家畜的炎症和败血症,其中以马最易感染。其临床症状主要表现为败血症、脑膜炎和关节炎等。虽然主要是使动物发病,但它也是人畜共通的病原菌,虽然不是很常见,但人类可因摄取被该菌污染的食品或与生病动物接触,而引发该病,甚至征状严重。国际间相关医学报导屡见不鲜,流行链球菌在2016年8月于美国西雅图才又再发生致人于死病例。
2018年10月美国一间动物收容所爆发流行链球菌“Strep Zoo”群聚感染事件而关闭。
最近又在2019年5月造成一位南非女孩突然失去视力。
外部链接
- Woman's Deadly Infection Linked to Horse Riding (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Doctors: Woman caught deadly infection from horse- CBS News (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Animal shelter shut down after 'Strep Zoo' outbreak- CBS46 News (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Bug normally linked to horses caused temporary vision loss in a girl (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
参考文献
- Transmission of Streptococcus equi Subspecies zooepidemicus Infection from Horses to Humans, Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jul, 19: ((7)): 1041–1048. (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- A Fatal Infection Caused by Streptococcus Equi Zooepidemicus: An Emerging Pathogen for Humans, Emerg Med (Los Angel) March, 2015 5:248 (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Streptococcus Equi: What the CDC Wants Horse Owners to Know About Bacterial Infection Transmission from Horses (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.