The novel species Streptococcus tigurinus and its association with oral infection

A Zbinden, N Bostanci, GN Belibasakis - Virulence, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
oral infections. While there is as yet no strong evidence on the involvement of S. tigurinus with
oral infections, its presence in the oral cavity … for a link between oral and systemic infection. …

Streptococcus tigurinus, a novel member of the Streptococcus mitis group, causes invasive infections

A Zbinden, NJ Mueller, PE Tarr, G Eich… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
… (n = 1), prosthetic joint infection (n = 1), and thoracic empyema (n = 1). To evaluate the
presence of Streptococcus tigurinus in the endogenous oral microbial flora, we screened saliva …

Clinical significance and characterization of Streptococcus tigurinus isolates in an adult population

L Bourassa, JE Clarridge III - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Although SMG isolates are commonly oral flora, our data suggest that the gastrointestinal …
tigurinus can access sterile sites and cause infection. In this study, seeding from oral sources is …

[HTML][HTML] Frequent detection of Streptococcus tigurinus in the human oral microbial flora by a specific 16S rRNA gene real-time TaqMan PCR

A Zbinden, F Aras, R Zbinden, F Mouttet… - BMC microbiology, 2014 - Springer
infections originate from the oral cavity by entering the bloodstream. Recently, a novel pathogenic
bacterium, Streptococcus tigurinus, was … tigurinus in the human oral microbial flora and …

Streptococcus tigurinus is frequent among gtfR-negative Streptococcus oralis isolates and in the human oral cavity, but highly virulent strains are uncommon

G Conrads, S Barth, M Möckel, L Lenz… - Journal of Oral …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Streptococcus tigurinus is a recently discovered oraltigurinus isolates were found again in
Switzerland (strain 1366 … ), in India (single isolate from the oral cavity of a periodontitis patient […

Bacteremia due to Streptococcus tigurinus: a case report and literature review

J Hirai, D Sakanashi, M Hagihara, S Haranaga… - Journal of Infection and …, 2016 - Elsevier
… We report a case of bacteremia due to Streptococcus tigurinus, identified by 16S rRNA, in a
72-… Viridans Streptococcus genus, which is commensal in the oral cavity and usually causes

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Streptococcus tigurinus endocarditis

M Ercibengoa, MA Goenaga, C Ardanuy, I Grau… - BMC Infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Streptococcus tigurinus was recently described as a new streptococcal species
within the viridans group streptococci (VGS). The objectives of the present work were to …

Isolation of Streptococcus tigurinus – a novel member of Streptococcus mitis group from a case of periodontitis

SV Dhotre, GT Mehetre, MS Dharne… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
… of Streptococcus tigurinus AZ_3aT(AORU12) from the oralStreptococcus tigurinus has
been recently described as a … of the Streptococcus mitis group causing invasive infections (…

A case of severe soft tissue infection due to Streptococcus tigurinus diagnosed by necropsy in which genomic analysis was useful for clarifying its pathogenicity

H Yoshizawa, D Motooka, Y Matsumoto… - Pathology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… a severe soft tissue infection case, in which Streptococcus oralis subsp. tigurinus (S. … mitis
group, is a commensal of the human oral cavity.8, 9 However, this bacterium is known to cause …

A case of culture-negative endocarditis due to Streptococcus tigurinus

H Kanamori, R Kakuta, H Yano, T Suzuki, Y Gu… - Journal of Infection and …, 2015 - Elsevier
tigurinus were frequently detected in the human oral microbial flora, while the detection
of this pathogen was not associated with the presence of periodontitis [12]. So far, S. …