Human case of Streptococcus suis serotype 16 infection.
Streptococcus suis infection is an emerging zoonosis in Southeast Asia. We report a fatal case of S. suis serotype 16 infection in a Vietnamese man in 2001.
Nghia
Ho Dang Trung
HD
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 190 Ben Ham Tu, Quan 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Hoa
Ngo Thi
NT
Linh
Le Dieu
le D
Campbell
James
J
Diep
To Song
TS
Chau
Nguyen Van Vinh
NV
Mai
Nguyen Thi Hoang
NT
Hien
Tran Tinh
TT
Spratt
Brian
B
Farrar
Jeremy
J
Schultsz
Constance
C
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012703:Serotyping / Q000145:classification; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000145:classification*; D017011:Streptococcus suis / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000382:microbiology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000145:classification