A Highly Pathogenic Strain of Staphylococcus sciuri Caused Fatal Exudative Epidermitis in Piglets

Shixi Chen; Yu Wang; Fuyong Chen; Hanchun Yang; Menghou Gan; Shijun J. Zheng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000147

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A Highly Pathogenic Strain of Staphylococcus sciuri Caused Fatal Exudative Epidermitis in Piglets

Shixi Chen,

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Yu Wang,

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Fuyong Chen,

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Hanchun Yang,

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Menghou Gan,

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Shijun J. Zheng

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sjzheng@cau.edu.cn

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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A Highly Pathogenic Strain of Staphylococcus sciuri Caused Fatal Exudative Epidermitis in Piglets

Shixi Chen,
Yu Wang,
Fuyong Chen,
Hanchun Yang,
Menghou Gan,
Shijun J. Zheng

Published: January 10, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000147

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Important human pathogen?

Posted by Adam on 10 Jan 2007 at 17:36 GMT

ciuri are important human pathogens responsible for endocarditis, peritonitis, septic shock, urinary tract infection, pelvic inflammatory disease and wound infections. However, little
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I think that this may be overstating things. The authors provide some reports (single cases and small series) of infection in humans, but as far as I know S. sciuri is not a major pathogen. The urinary tract infection reference finds one symptomatic case of infection in >30,000 samples reviewed. None of this detracts from the interest of this particular paper, though.

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