Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2017)

Human Case of Streptococcus suis Disease, Ontario, Canada

  • Jeisa Gomez-Torres,
  • Asim Nimir,
  • James Cluett,
  • Anita Aggarwal,
  • Sameer Elsayed,
  • Deirdre Soares,
  • Sarah Teatero,
  • Yan Chen,
  • Marcelo Gottschalk,
  • Nahuel Fittipaldi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.171005
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 12
pp. 2107 – 2109

Abstract

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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 underdiagnosed in North America.

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