Group R streptococci: wild boars as a second reservoir.
Group R streptococci have caused many cases of septicaemia and meningitis in patients handling live or slaughtered pigs which were the only known reservoir of group R streptococci. A human case, due to a wild boar, is reported here and it is therefore concluded that there exist both a domestic (pig) and a wild (wild boar) reservoir of group R streptococci.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology; D013553:Swine Diseases