The Streptococcus Pluranimalium

Abstract

Streptococcus pluranimalium (S. pluranimalium) is unusual streptococcal species, which is rarely identified from humans. Limited cases are reported from this new species; the present study is the first case report from India indicating infection with S. pluranimalium causing empyema.Streptococcus pluranimalium was first isolated in 1999 from a case of bovine mastitis, but has been isolated from a number of other animals like chickens, goats, cats, canaries, sheep, Nile tilapia, a pheasant, and an alpaca.S. pluranimalium can be cultured from various mucosal surfaces (e.g. cervix, vagina,  lung,  tonsils)  and  from  milk  of  infected  dairy  animals.[1,4]S.  pluranimalium  has  some  animal reservoirs because the source of this species are milk and other infectious secretions of animals and transmitted  to  human  in  the  form  of  zoonosis.[5,6]According  to  previous  experience  with  rare  case reports, vancomycin, aminoglycosides, and cephalosporins are the drugs of choice for S pluranimalium infection