| notes from the field: fatal infection associated with equine exposure - king county, washington, 2016. | on march 17, 2016, public health-seattle & king county in washington was notified of two persons who received a diagnosis of streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus (s. zooepidemicus) infections. s. zooepidemicus is a zoonotic pathogen that rarely causes human illness and is usually associated with consuming unpasteurized dairy products or with direct horse contact (1). in horses, s. zooepidemicus is a commensal bacterium that can cause respiratory, wound, and uterine infections (2). the hea ... | 2016 | 27490189 |