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. 1991 Nov;29(11):2535–2538. doi: 10.1128/jcm.29.11.2535-2538.1991

Actinobacillus spp. and related bacteria in infected wounds of humans bitten by horses and sheep.

M M Peel 1, K A Hornidge 1, M Luppino 1, A M Stacpoole 1, R E Weaver 1
PMCID: PMC270368  PMID: 1774260

Abstract

We describe the isolation of Actinobacillus lignieresii and an A. equuli-like bacterium from an infected horse-bite wound in a 22-year-old stable foreman and A. suis from a bite injury in a 35-year-old man who had been attacked by a horse. A. lignieresii was also isolated in pure culture from an infected sheep-bite wound in a rural worker. These species of the genus Actinobacillus are primarily associated with animals and animal diseases and are rarely isolated from humans. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of the possible occurrence of Actinobacillus spp. in bite wounds inflicted by farm animals and to discuss the difficulties encountered in the identification of species of Actinobacillus and related bacteria.

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