Streptococcus suis meningitis in the Netherlands.
We present four patients with Streptococcus suis meningitis identified during a 3.5-year prospective surveillance study in the Netherlands. All cases were associated with exposure to pigs. Patients presented with classic symptoms and signs of bacterial meningitis. Outcome was characterized by severe hearing loss. Physicians should be aware of occupational exposure with S. suis and risk of meningitis associated with this pathogen.
Department of Neurology, Centre of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. d.vandebeek@amc.uva.nl
Diederik
D
van de Beek
Lodewijk
L
Spanjaard
Jan
J
de Gans
D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D034381:Hearing Loss; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D017011:Streptococcus suis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013552:Swine