Given the relevance of proper clinical validation of Streptococcus bovis, we here consider revising its presence in urine samples in order to determine its relative frequency and the pattern of antibiotic susceptibility. The susceptibility to antibiotics of 91 isolates of S. bovis from urine samples was retrospectively reviewed over a period of 4 years (2012-2015). The mean age of patients was 55 years, 81% of whom were women and 37.4% were hospitalized patients suffering from urological diseases (61%). Susceptibility to penicillin, vancomycin and teicoplanin was 97.8%. Due to the fact that S. bovis can be infrequent in urine isolates and given its presence in patients suffering from urological diseases, further pathogenic studies, showing the true ability of this group of bacteria to produce disease, are required.
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Gómez-Camarasa, C., Gutiérrez Soto, B., Jiménez-Guerra, G., Sorlózano Puerto, A., Navarro-Marí, J. M., & Gutiérrez-Fernández, J. (2016). Presencia de Streptococcus bovis en muestras de orina de sujetos con síntomas de infección del aparato urinario. Revista Argentina de Microbiologia, 48(4), 308–312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ram.2016.06.003
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