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Rare disease
Case report
Impending rupture of mycotic aortic aneurysm infected with Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus
  1. Qiuying Selina Liu1,
  2. Brannon Raney1,2 and
  3. Farzana Harji1,2
  1. 1Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
  2. 2Internal Medicine, New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Qiuying Selina Liu; qiliu{at}salud.unm.edu

Abstract

Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus is a beta-haemolytic, group C streptococcal bacterium. Although it is an opportunistic pathogen commonly found in horses, transmission to human can lead to severe infections. Here, we present a patient with S. equi subspecies zooepidemicus bacteraemia and consequent development of mycotic aneurysms.

  • infectious diseases
  • vasculitis
  • nosocomial infections

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-235002

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors QSL wrote the first draft. BR revised the manuscript and FH revised and finalised the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Next of kin consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.