Interní Med. 2011; 13(1): 43-45

Streptococcus suis: an agent of purulent meningoencephalitises not only in a veterinary sphere

MUDr.Martina Pýchová1, MUDr.Marie Konrádová1, Mgr.Eva Němcová2, MUDr.Tomáš Freiberger, Ph.D.2, prof.MUDr.Petr Husa, CSc.1
1 Klinika infekčních chorob LF MU a FN Brno
2 Genetická laboratoř, Centrum kardiovaskulární a transplantační chirurgie Brno

A main host of Streptococcus suis is a pig and streptococcal infections occur in nearly all countries with pig industry. The infection manifests

usually as pneumonia, purulent meningoencephalitis, septicaemia etc. A transmission to humans is easy and course of illness is

similar. Until recently these diseases have been known as relatively rare zoonosis. A transmission of disease is mostly by injured skin

during contaminated meat handling. So in a great risk there are people working on abattoir and pig farms. This article presents cases

of two people hospitalized in Department of Infectious Diseases Faculty Hospital Brno because of purulent meningoencephalitis. Both

patients suffered from infection caused by Streptococcus suis. Positive epidemiologic anamnesis supported the diagnosis.

Keywords: Streptococcus suis, pig, zoonosis, purulent meningoencephalitis

Published: January 14, 2011  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Pýchová M, Konrádová M, Němcová E, Freiberger T, Husa P. Streptococcus suis: an agent of purulent meningoencephalitises not only in a veterinary sphere. Interní Med. 2011;13(1):43-45.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Beneš J, a kol. Infekční lékařství, Praha: Galén 2009, 208 s.
    2. DOE Joint Genome Institut: Streptococcus suis 89/1591. Dostupné na Internetu http://genome.jgi-psf.org/strsu/strsu.home.html.
    3. Dubanský V, Drábek J. Streptokokové infekce prasat a jako zdroj onemocnění lidí. Veterinářství 2005; 55: 620-650.
    4. Straw BE, D´Allaire S, Mengeling W, et al. Choroby ošípaných/ Nemoci prasat. Bratislava: Hajko&Hajková 2003: 401-406 s.
    5. Zanen HC, Engel HWB. Porcine streptococci causing meningitis and septicaemia in Man. Lancet 1975; 305: 1286-1288. Go to original source...
    6. Centre for Health protection: Streptococcus suis, 5 August 2005. Dostupné na Internetu: http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/content/9/24/3648.html.
    7. Health Organization: Fact sheets - Streptococcus suis, 2 August 2005. Dostupné na Internetu: http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/fact_sheets/fs_20050802.htm.
    8. Marie J, Morvan H, Berthelot-Hérault F, et al. Antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus suis isolated from swine in France and from humans in different countries between 1996 and 2000. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2002, 50: 201-209. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    9. Koldkjaer O, Nielsen G. Haemolytic streptococcus group R infection. Brit Med J. 1972; 23(3): 765. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    10. Hicklink P, Cormack FC. V. Meningitis caused by group R haemolytic streptococci. Brit Med J. 1976; 27(4): 1299-1300. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    11. Chau PY, Huang CY, Kay R. Streptococcus suis meningitis. An important underdiagnosed disease in Hong Kong. Med J Aust. 1983; 30, 1(9): 414-416, 417. Go to original source...
    12. Wertheim HF, Nghia HD, Taylor W, et al. Streptococcus suis: an emerging human pathogen. Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 1, 48(5): 617-625. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    13. Mai NT, Hoa NT, Nga TV, et al. Streptococcus suis meningitis in adults in Vietnam. Clin Infect Dis. 2008; 1, 46(5): 659-667. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    14. Freibergerová M, Pařízková R, Zaloudíková B, et al. Sepse vyvolaná bakterií Capnocytophaga canimorsus, možnosti diagnostiky a léčby. Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek. 2007; 13(3): 115-118. Go to PubMed...

    Return to the content


    Internal Medicine for Practice

    Madam, Sir,
    please be aware that the website on which you intend to enter, not the general public because it contains technical information about medicines, including advertisements relating to medicinal products. This information and communication professionals are solely under §2 of the Act n.40/1995 Coll. Is active persons authorized to prescribe or supply (hereinafter expert).
    Take note that if you are not an expert, you run the risk of danger to their health or the health of other persons, if you the obtained information improperly understood or interpreted, and especially advertising which may be part of this site, or whether you used it for self-diagnosis or medical treatment, whether in relation to each other in person or in relation to others.

    I declare:

    1. that I have met the above instruction
    2. I'm an expert within the meaning of the Act n.40/1995 Coll. the regulation of advertising, as amended, and I am aware of the risks that would be a person other than the expert input to these sites exhibited

    No
    Yes

    If your statement is not true, please be aware
    that brings the risk of danger to their health or the health of others.