title: [Type 2 Streptococcus suis (R-Streptococci) as pathogens of occupational diseases. Report of a case and a review of the literature].
abstract: Report on the second human case of a Streptococcus suis type 2 (group R streptococci) infection in the GDR. The patient, a 33-year-old butcher, fell ill with an acute meningitis and an initial myocarditis. Group R streptococci were isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and blood. The patient was treated with penicillin G, ampicillin and gentamicin, followed by trimethoprim-sulfamerazine. Both, meningitis and myocarditis disappeared and the patient recovered completely. The disease was recognized as an occupational disease. Review of the literature. Since 1968 108 cases of human S.suis type 2 infections were described, mostly as meningitis. In most of the cases a close contact to pigs could be confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Zentralinstitut für Mikrobiologie und experimentelle Therapie Jena.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Queisser
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kunter
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sawitzki
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008581:Meningitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Streptococcus suis Typ 2 (R-Streptokokken) als Erreger von Berufskrankheiten. Bericht über eine Erkrankung und Literaturübersicht.