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Virulence Mechanisms of Streptococcus suis

1997
Streptococcus suis is a common and widespread swine pathogen which also infects other species including man, causing cases of septicaemia, bronchopneumonia, arthritis and meningitis. Capsular type 2 is the most significant cause of disease in the U.K. and both virulent and avirulent strains have been isolated.
P M, Norton, J A, Leigh
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Streptococcus suis bacteraemia.

The New Zealand medical journal, 1988
Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen which causes meningitis, arthritis and septicaemia in pigs, and rarely meningitis or septicaemia in humans. This organism has recently been isolated from pigs in New Zealand, where it appears to be widely distributed in pig herds. This case is the first report of human infection in New Zealand.
Dickie, A.S., Bremner, D A, Wong, P Y, North, J D, Robertson, I.D.   +4 more
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Identification and characterization of Streptococcus suis

Veterinary Microbiology, 1986
A total of 188 Streptococcus suis strains isolated from pigs with various lesions, mainly bronchopneumonia, were identified using classical biochemical methods and using the API 20 STREP system. The serological classification was performed by precipitation reactions after Lancefield extraction, slide-coagglutinations and capsular reaction tests.
J, Hommez, L A, Devriese, J, Henrichsen, F, Castryck   +3 more
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Streptococcus suis meningitis in the Netherlands

Journal of Infection, 2008
We present four patients with Streptococcus suis meningitis identified during a 3.5-year prospective surveillance study in the Netherlands. All cases were associated with exposure to pigs. Patients presented with classic symptoms and signs of bacterial meningitis. Outcome was characterized by severe hearing loss.
van de Beek, Diederik, Spanjaard, Lodewijk, de Gans, Jan   +2 more
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Human meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis

Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2013
Streptococcus suis is an important swine pathogen worldwide, which can be transmitted to human beings by direct contact; therefore, S. suis infections occur mainly in people who handle pigs or pork. We present a case of a patient with S. suis meningitis who worked as a butcher in a meat processing plant for 5 years.
Patrycja, Zalas-Więcek, Anna, Michalska, Edyta, Grąbczewska, Anita, Olczak, Małgorzata, Pawłowska, Eugenia, Gospodarek   +5 more
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Human Streptococcus suis Infection

2015
Human Streptococcus suis infection is a zoonosis caused by Streptococcus suis. Populations engaging in pig slaughtering and processing are high-risk groups. The bacteria gain their access into the human body via skin wound to cause the infection. Its clinical manifestations include common bacterial infection symptoms such as fever, chills, headaches ...
Ning He, Hongjun Li, Xinhua Zhang
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[Streptococcus suis bacteremia].

Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 2003
Streptococcus suis infection is recognised despite it rareness as a zoonotic occupational disease in humans, and is often associated with meningitis, more rarely with bacteremia.A Streptococcus suis bacteremia occurred in a hunter and was complicated by septic shock with disseminated intravascular coagulation, rhabdomyolysis and purpura fulminans ...
Séverine, Pedroli, Marylène, Kobisch, Olivier, Beauchet, Jean-Paul, Chaussinand, Frédéric, Lucht   +4 more
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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus suis isolates

British Veterinary Journal, 1994
The antimicrobial activities of penicillin (PEN), ampicillin (AMP), cephalothin (CT), trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX), streptomycin (STM), and gentamicin (GM) against 122 representative strains of Streptococcus suis, were compared by the agar dilution procedure.
P L, Turgeon, R, Higgins, M, Gottschalk, M, Beaudoin   +3 more
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Streptococcus suis: an emerging zoonotic pathogen

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2007
Streptococcus suis is a major porcine pathogen worldwide, and can be transmitted to human beings by close contact with sick or carrier pigs. S suis causes meningitis, septicaemia, endocarditis, arthritis, and septic shock in both pigs and human beings, and mortality is high.
Zhao-Rong, Lun, Qiao-Ping, Wang, Xiao-Guang, Chen, An-Xing, Li, Xing-Quan, Zhu   +4 more
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Streptococcus suis meningitis

Medical Journal of Australia, 1983
Streptococcus suis has been identified as the most common cause of meningitis in adults in Hong Kong. The disease is characterized by occupational exposure to pigs or pork. It occurs in summer, and is associated with early, severe, sensory deafness, arthritis, uveitis, and loss of balance.
P Y, Chau, C Y, Huang, R, Kay
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