Misidentification of S. suis as a Zoonotic Agent.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Streptococcus suis is an emerging zoonotic pathogen. This bacterium commonly causes meningitis in human and is often associated with hearing and vestibular dysfunction. S. suis tends to be misidentified, leading to under-diagnosis.

Case presentation

A previously healthy 50-year-old man was admitted to one of the district hospitals in Bali Province, Indonesia, due to meningitis. He had a history of consuming homemade raw pork product two days before the onset of illness. Streptococcus mitis was identified from the cerebrospinal fluid culture by using VITEX 2 COMPACT (Biomeriuex) with a 99% probability score. This patient had clinical symptoms and risk factor identical to S. suis infection. Therefore, we performed confirmation tests for the cere

SUBMITTER: Tarini NMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6765075 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature