Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2020)

Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis by Direct Triplex Real-Time PCR, Burkina Faso

  • Mahamoudou Ouattara,
  • Mamadou Tamboura,
  • Dinanibe Kambire,
  • Mahamoudou Sanou,
  • Kalifa Ouattara,
  • Malika Congo,
  • Adama Kaboré,
  • Soufiane Sanou,
  • Elie Kabré,
  • Sable Sharpley,
  • Theresa Tran,
  • Stephanie Schwartz,
  • Soumeya Ouangraoua,
  • Abdoul-salam Ouedraogo,
  • Lassana Sangaré,
  • Rasmata Ouedraogo-Traore,
  • Cynthia G. Whitney,
  • Bernard Beall

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.200203
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 9
pp. 2223 – 2226

Abstract

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Meningitis confirmation in Burkina Faso uses PCR for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, or Hemophilus influenzae. We identified 38 cases of meningitis among 590 that were PCR-positive for 3 nonpneumococcal streptococcal pathogens, including 21 cases of Streptococcus suis. Among the country’s 13 regions, 10 had S. suis–positive cases.

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