Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 1980 · 20 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesVeterinary MicrobiologyMedical MicrobiologySepsisZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyAnimal Infectious DiseasesBacterial InfectionsBacterial ZoonosesVeterinary BacteriologyZoonotic Disease DiagnosisZoonotic InfectionsBacterial LymphadenitisFeline Infectious DiseasesGroup A Streptococcal InfectionInflammatory SignsStreptococcus SpeciesZoonotic Bacterial InfectionsZoonotic Pathogen CharacterizationZoonotic Streptococcal Infections
A Lancefield group G beta-hemolytic streptococcus was isolated from a group of laboratory cats with acute lymphadenitis of the head and neck and systemic signs of sepsis. The infection appeared to be transmitted by the oral route and was experimentally reproduced in cats after the isolant was inoculated by oral and subcutaneous routes.