Streptococcus suis-related prosthetic joint infection and streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome in a pig farmer in the United States.
Streptococcus suis is an emerging swine-associated zoonotic agent that can cause meningitis and septicemia in humans. We present, to our knowledge, the first case of S. suis arthroplasty infection and streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome due to an nonencapsulated serotype 5 strain in North America.
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Beckley, West Virginia, USA drericgomez@yahoo.com.
Eric
E
Gomez
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Cassie C
CC
Kennedy
Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Marcelo
M
Gottschalk
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Scott A
SA
Cunningham
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Robin
R
Patel
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Abinash
A
Virk
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