Human case of Streptococcus suis serotype 16 infection

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jan;14(1):155-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1401.070534.

Abstract

Streptococcus suis infection is an emerging zoonosis in Southeast Asia. We report a fatal case of S. suis serotype 16 infection in a Vietnamese man in 2001.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peritonitis / microbiology*
  • Phylogeny
  • Serotyping / classification
  • Streptococcal Infections / classification*
  • Streptococcus suis / classification
  • Streptococcus suis / pathogenicity*
  • Sus scrofa / microbiology
  • Zoonoses / classification