Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2016)

Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis through Population-Based Surveillance, Togo, 2010–2014

  • Haoua Tall,
  • Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade,
  • Didier Mounkoro,
  • Loukoumane Tidjani,
  • Kodjo Agbenoko,
  • Issifou Alassani,
  • Moussa Amidou,
  • Stanislas Tamekloe,
  • Kenneth G. Laing,
  • Adam A. Witney,
  • Jason Hinds,
  • Mark P.G. van der Linden,
  • Bradford D. Gessner,
  • Jennifer C. Moïsi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2207.151511
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 7
pp. 1262 – 1264

Abstract

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During 2010–2014, we enrolled 511 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis into surveillance in 2 districts of northern Togo. We identified 15 persons with Streptococcus suis infection; 10 had occupational contact with pigs, and 12 suffered neurologic sequelae. S. suis testing should be considered in rural areas of the African meningitis belt.

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