Human Case of Streptococcus suis Disease, Ontario, Canada

Human Case of Streptococcus suis Disease, Ontario, Canada

We report a case of Streptococcus suis human disease in Ontario, Canada, caused by a serotype 2 strain genotypically similar to those commonly isolated from pigs in North America. Initially, the isolate was misidentified as a viridans group Streptococcus. Human S. suis infections may be underdiagnos...

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Main Authors: Jeisa Gomez-Torres, Asim Nimir, James Cluett, Anita Aggarwal, Sameer Elsayed, Deirdre Soares, Sarah Teatero, Yan Chen, Marcelo Gottschalk, Nahuel Fittipaldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Streptococcus suis
α-hemolytic streptococci
viridans
zoonotic disease
North America
Canada
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/12/17-1005_article

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