Publication details
Streptococcus suis: původce purulentních meningoencefalitid nejen ve veterinární oblasti.
| Title in English | Streptococcus susis: an agent of purulent meningoencephalitis not onlyin veterinary sfere |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Interní medicína pro praxi |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Epidemiology, infectious diseases and clinical immunology |
| Keywords | Streptococcus suis; pig; zoonosis; purulent meningoencephalitis |
| Description | A main host of Streptococcus suis is 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. |