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Meningitis due to Streptococcus suis in Two Patients with Occupational Exposure from Northeastern Brazil

Author(s) -

Francisco Breno Ponte de Matos,

Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias,

Camila Negreiro Dias,

Lorena Pinho Mendes,

Pedro Pinheiro de Negreiros Bessa

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

case reports in infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6625

pISSN - 2090-6633

DOI - 10.1155/2021/5512303

Subject(s) - streptococcus suis , meningitis , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , facultative , veterinary medicine , pediatrics , biology , virulence , ecology , biochemistry , gene

Streptococcus suis is an emerging zoonotic agent that causes bacterial meningitis. S. suis is an encapsulated Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic bacterium. This infection usually manifests in humans as meningitis, endocarditis, septicemia, and/or arthritis. The primary groups at risk for S. suis infection are individuals occupationally exposed to pigs and/or pork, for example, farmers, butchers, and hunters. Herein, we report two cases of meningitis related to S. suis with occupational exposure from the Ceará state, northeastern Brazil.

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