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Table 1 Frequency of clinical manifestations associated with S. canis infection in humans

From: A case of Streptococcus canis bacteremia, osteomyelitis, sacroiliitis, myositis, and abscess

Diagnosis

Frequency (N)*

References

Skin-soft tissue infection

39

[2, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15]

Bacteremia

17

[2, 6, 9, 12, 16, 17]

Endocarditis

3

[3–5]

Urinary tract infection

3

[2]

Osteoarticular infection

4

[2, 11, 14]

Nosocomial pneumonia

1

[2]

Central nervous system infection

1

[2]

  1. *We searched PubMed for the following search terms: Streptococcus canis AND (Bacteremia OR endocarditis OR osteomyelitis) with no date restrictions, yielding 19 studies of interest. These included both case studies and epidemiological studies
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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