Meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis type II

Abstract

Summary:A 49 year old head porter developed meningitis shown to be caused by Streptococcus suis type II. The rare human infections with the organism, a pathogen of pigs, usually occur in those employed handling pig meat and are associated with auditory or vestibular dysfunction.

Streptococcus suis infection: a series of 41 cases from Chiang Mai University Hospital

“…[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The majority of reported cases represented the evidence of percutaneous route of infection related to pigs or pork handling. 10,13,14 Human disease has several clinical manifestations such as acute bacterial meninigitis, [6][7][8][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] infective endocarditis, [22][23][24][25][26] septicaemia, [7][8][9][10][11]16,27 arthritis, 7,10,16,24,28 pneumonia, 10,16 peritonitis, 29 endophthalmitis, 18,[30][31] and spondylodiscitis. 12 In Thailand where S. suis infection was considered a rare disease, this disease was first described in Journal of Infection (2006) 1987.…”

Meningitis por Streptococcus suis

“…La infección por Streptococcus suis tipo II es una zoonosis, con riesgo laboral conocido (5,6) que produce meningitis purulenta, y ocasionalmente, artritis, neumonía, endocarditis, endoftalmitis y shock séptico (1,2,7,8). Nuestros dos pacientes tenían exposición laboral a cerdos, pero no presentaron heridas significativas ni enfermedades asociadas ajustándose a la epidemiología de los casos europeos.…”