Streptococcus suis: Meningitis, spondylodiscitis and bacteraemia with a serotype 14 strain

René Poggenborg; Shahin Gaïni; Poul Kjaeldgaard; Jens Jørgen Christensen

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Streptococcus suis: Meningitis, spondylodiscitis and bacteraemia with a serotype 14 strain

René Poggenborg^*
, Shahin Gaïni
, Poul Kjaeldgaard
, Jens Jørgen Christensen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Meningitis and spondylodiscitis caused by Streptococcus suis is a rare disease which is contracted by occupational exposure to pigs. We report a 54-y-old pig-farm worker with S. suis meningitis and septicaemia complicated with thoracal and lumbar spine spondylodiscitis. The S. suis strain involved in this case report was identified as serotype 14, which has only been described in 2 previous cases. It is important to report infection with S. suis as a work accident for compensation if the patient has been occupationally exposed to pigs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	346-349
Number of pages	4
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	40
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540701716825
Publication status	Published - 3 Apr 2008

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