Helcococcus ovis isolated from a pulmonary abscess in a horse

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 May;42(5):2224-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2224-2226.2004.

Abstract

Helcococcus ovis, a recently described organism cultured from sheep, was isolated in pure culture from a pulmonary abscess in a horse. This is the first report of this organism in horses and the first report in veterinary medicine to clearly demonstrate a pathogenic role for this organism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / veterinary*
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / classification
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / genetics
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / isolation & purification*
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / pathogenicity
  • Horse Diseases / microbiology*
  • Horses
  • Lung Abscess / microbiology
  • Lung Abscess / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Virulence