Publications by authors named "Akiko Kounosu"
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- Streptococcus suis is a gram-positive bacterium that can cause serious infections like bacterial meningitis and sepsis in humans, often transmitted through raw pork or exposure to pigs.
- A case study highlights a 38-year-old woman who developed septic shock after consuming raw pork, and although medical interventions were aggressive, her condition worsened rapidly.
- The report emphasizes the importance of timely recognition of such zoonotic pathogens and suggests that peripheral blood smears can help diagnose infections even before blood culture results are available.
Gemella is a facultative anaerobic Gram-positive coccus and a rare cause of infective endocarditis (IE). Gram staining may eventually misidentify the organism, which tends to easily decolorize and manifest as either Gram-negative or Gram-variable. Commercial biochemical tests are often used to identify Gemella, but the methods they employ sometimes lack accuracy.
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