Streptococcus tigurinus is highly virulent in a rat model of experimental endocarditis

TR Veloso, A Zbinden, F Andreoni, M Giddey… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Streptococcus tigurinus is responsible for systemic infections in humans including infective
endocarditis. We investigated whether the invasive trait of S. tigurinus in humans correlated …

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
We recently described the novel species Streptococcus tigurinus sp. nov. belonging to the
Streptococcus mitis group. The type strain AZ_3aT of S. tigurinus was originally isolated from …

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
Culture-negative endocarditis remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge despite
recent medical advances. Streptococcus tigurinus, a novel member of the Streptococcus …

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 …

“streptococcus milleri” endocarditis caused by S treptococcus anginosus

PCY Woo, H Tse, K Chan, SKP Lau, AMY Fung… - … and infectious disease, 2004 - Elsevier
Unlike other viridans streptococci, members of the “Streptococcus milleri group” are often
associated with abscess formation, but are only rare causes of infective endocarditis …

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
Gene sequence analysis methods, including 16S rRNA identification, allows accurate
identification of Streptococcus species, which include phenotypically closely related species …

Comparative Genomics Analysis of Streptococcus tigurinus Strains Identifies Genetic Elements Specifically and Uniquely Present in Highly Virulent Strains

SM Diene, P François, A Zbinden, JM Entenza… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Streptococcus tigurinus is responsible for severe invasive infections such as infective
endocarditis, spondylodiscitis and meningitis. As described, S. tigurinus isolates AZ_3aT …

Experimental endocarditis induction and platelet aggregation by Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus and Streptococcus intermedius

K Kitada, M Inoue, M Kitano - FEMS Immunology & Medical …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
A total of 18 'Streptococcus milleri'strains including the ATCC type strains of Streptococcus
anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus and Streptococcus intermedius were compared with …

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
Streptococcus tigurinus is a newly described member of the Streptococcus mitis group. Due
to the difficulty in distinguishing viridans group streptococci (VGS) by phenotype, analysis of …

The novel species Streptococcus tigurinus and its association with oral infection

A Zbinden, N Bostanci, GN Belibasakis - Virulence, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Streptococcus tigurinus is a novel species of viridans streptococci, shown to cause severe
invasive infections such as infective endocarditis, spondylodiscitis and meningitis. S …