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Compositional analysis of the tonsil microbiota in relationship to Streptococcus suis disease in nursery pigs in Ontario

Animal Microbiome, 2022
Background The tonsil of the soft palate in pigs is the colonization site of both commensal and pathogenic microbial agents. Streptococcus suis infections are a significant economic problem in the swine industry. The development of S.
Maysa Niazy, Sarah Hill, Khurram Nadeem, Nicole Ricker, Abdolvahab Farzan   +4 more
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Establishment of Streptococcus suis Biofilm Infection Model In Vivo and Comparative Analysis of Gene Expression Profiles between In Vivo and In Vitro Biofilms

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen that continuously threatens animal husbandry and public health worldwide. Studies have shown that S. suis can cause persistent infection by forming biofilms. In this study, a model of S.
Li Yi, Qingying Fan, Haikun Wang, Haoran Fan, Jing Zuo, Yuxin Wang, Yang Wang   +6 more
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Human Case of Streptococcus suis Disease, Ontario, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
We report a case of Streptococcus suis human disease in Ontario, Canada, caused by a serotype 2 strain genotypically similar to those commonly isolated from pigs in North America. Initially, the isolate was misidentified as a viridans group Streptococcus.
Jeisa Gomez-Torres, Asim Nimir, James Cluett, Anita Aggarwal, Sameer Elsayed, Deirdre Soares, Sarah Teatero, Yan Chen, Marcelo Gottschalk, Nahuel Fittipaldi   +9 more
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Streptococcus suis infection: Clinical manifestations

Medicinski pregled, 2005
Introduction Streptococcus suis is a bacterium causing a disease in pigs and rarely in humans. This zoonosis is mostly found as a sporadic disease in individuals that were in contact with the affected or infected pigs: farmers, veterinarians and workers engaged in fresh pork processing.
Julijana, Dragojlović, Branko, Milosević, Neda, Sasić, Mijomir, Pelemis, Milan, Sasić   +4 more
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How Streptococcus suis escapes antibiotic treatments

Veterinary Research, 2022
AbstractStreptococcus suisis a zoonotic agent that causes sepsis and meningitis in pigs and humans.S. suisinfections are responsible for large economic losses in pig production. The lack of effective vaccines to prevent the disease has promoted the extensive use of antibiotics worldwide.
Cristina Uruén, Carla García, Lorenzo Fraile, Jan Tommassen, Jesús Arenas   +4 more
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Streptococcus suis Encodes Multiple Allelic Variants of a Phase-Variable Type III DNA Methyltransferase, ModS, That Control Distinct Phasevarions

mSphere, 2021
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Greg Tram, Freda E.-C. Jen, Zachary N. Phillips, Jamie Timms, Asma-Ul Husna, Michael P. Jennings, Patrick J. Blackall, John M. Atack   +7 more
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Streptococcus suis meningitis can require a prolonged treatment course

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
We report a case of recrudescent Streptococcus suis meningitis requiring a prolonged treatment course. A few similar cases can be found in the burgeoning literature on what remains a relatively uncommon disease in humans, and these patients should be ...
Jean Dejace, Patrick Bagley, Emily Wood
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Achromobacter xylosoxidans Relapsing Peritonitis and Streptococcus suis Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Report of Two Cases

Case Reports in Nephrology, 2018
Peritonitis is considered to be the most common complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). It is usually caused by Gram positive Staphylococcus epidermidis. Achromobacter xylosoxidans (A. xylosoxidans) and Streptococcus suis (S.
Rafał Donderski, Magdalena Grajewska, Agnieszka Mikucka, Beata Sulikowska, Eugenia Gospodarek-Komkowska, Jacek Manitius   +5 more
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Transduction of the Streptococcus pyogenes bacteriophage Φm46.1, carrying resistance genes mef(A) and tet(O), to other Streptococcus species

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015
Фm46.1 — a Streptococcus pyogenes bacteriophage carrying mef(A) and tet(O), respectively encoding resistance to macrolides (M phenotype) and tetracycline — is widespread in S. pyogenes but has not been reported outside this species.
Eleonora eGiovanetti, Andrea eBrenciani, Gianluca eMorroni, Erika eTiberi, Sonia ePasquaroli, Marina eMingoia, Pietro Emanuele Varaldo   +6 more
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Acute multiple brain infarctions associated with Streptococcus suis infection: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases
Streptococcus suis is one of the most common zoonotic pathogens, in humans and can cause meningitis, endocarditis, arthritis and sepsis. Human cases of Streptococcus suis infection have been reported worldwide, and most of those cases occurred in Asia ...
Wenxin Wei, Zhenhu Qiao, Donghua Qin, Yu Lan   +3 more
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