title: Human case of Streptococcus suis serotype 16 infection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 190 Ben Ham Tu, Quan 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Ho Dang Trung
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Nghia
authors.forename: Ngo Thi
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Hoa
authors.forename: Le Dieu
authors.initials: le D
authors.lastname: Linh
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: To Song
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Diep
authors.forename: Nguyen Van Vinh
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Chau
authors.forename: Nguyen Thi Hoang
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.forename: Tran Tinh
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Hien
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spratt
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Farrar
authors.forename: Constance
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schultsz
mesh_terms: 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