Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2018)

Novel Streptococcus suis Sequence Type 834 among Humans, Madagascar

  • Mihaja Raberahona,
  • Saïda Rasoanandrasana,
  • Vonintsoa Lalaina Rahajamanana,
  • Felana Ranaivo-Rabetokotany,
  • Volatiana Andriananja,
  • Fetra Angelot Rakotomalala,
  • Mamy Jean de Dieu Randria,
  • Luc Rakotovao,
  • Corinne Marois-Créhan,
  • Véronique Tocqueville,
  • Fabrice Touzain,
  • Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.171138
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. 391 – 392

Abstract

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Two cases of meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis occurred in Madagascar, 1 in 2015 and 1 in 2016. We report the characterization of the novel sequence type, 834, which carried the mrp+/sly+/epf+ virulence marker and a mutation G→T at position 174, leading to a substitution mutS1 to mutS284.

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