Meningitis por Streptococcus suis

Sclarsky, D. E. Geffner; Muñoz, Rebeca; Alpera, Ma.S. Campillo; Serrano, F.J. Pardo; Gómez, Alicia; Martínez-Lozano, Ma.D.

doi:10.4321/s0212-71992001000600007

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“…In North America (United States 49 , 50 and Canada 51 , 52 ) and the South American countries (Argentina, 53 , 54 Chile, 55 and French Guiana 56 ) only a very few cases of human SS2 infections were reported. Human SS2 infections are featuring with sporadic cases in Europe (Ireland, 3 the United Kingdom [UK], 3 France 3 , , Spain, 57 Netherlands, 58 Belgium, 3 Poland, 61 Sweden, 3 Denmark, 1 Germany, 62 Hungary, 3 Austria, 63 Croatia, 64 Italy 65 - 67 , Greece, 68 and Portugal 1 ), some Asian countries (Laos, 1 Singapore, 33 , 69 India, 2 , 3 , 70 Korea, 71 - 73 Japan, 74 Hong Kong, 75 - 80 Taiwan, 33 , 81 , 82 and Philippine 2 , 3 ), Australia, 83 , 84 and New Zealand 85 , 86 . So far, endemics of human SS2 infections was only observed in two Asian counties Vietnam 2 , 7 , 16 , 37 , 38 and Thailand 6 , 11 , 14 , 87 .…”

Section: Epidemiology Of S Suis Infectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Streptococcus suisinfection

et al. 2014

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Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a family of pathogenic gram-positive bacterial strains that represents a primary health problem in the swine industry worldwide. S. suis is also an emerging zoonotic pathogen that causes severe human infections clinically featuring with varied diseases/syndromes (such as meningitis, septicemia, and arthritis). Over the past few decades, continued efforts have made significant progress toward better understanding this zoonotic infectious entity, contributing in part to the elucidation of the molecular mechanism underlying its high pathogenicity. This review is aimed at presenting an updated overview of this pathogen from the perspective of molecular epidemiology, clinical diagnosis and typing, virulence mechanism, and protective antigens contributing to its zoonosis.

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