title: [Acute bacterial meningitis as an occupational disease].
abstract: Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen with worldwide distribution, responsible for more than 700 human cases globally reported. This infection affects mostly men, exposed to pig or pork, which leads to its usual classification as an occupational disease. We report a case of acute bacterial meningitis in a 44 years old male. According to his past medical history, the patient had chronic alcoholism and worked in a restaurant as a piglet roaster. Microbiological examination of blood and CSF revealed S. suis. After 14 days of ceftriaxone the patient fully recovered. The authors review the clinical reports previously described in Portugal. In all of them was possible to identify risk exposition to pork. We alert to this microorganism's importance in Portugal where it is probably underdiagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. Coimbra. Portugal.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seixas
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. Coimbra. Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebre
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. Coimbra. Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crespo
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. Coimbra. Portugal.
authors.forename: Eugénia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. Coimbra. Portugal.
authors.forename: José Eduardo
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. Coimbra. Portugal.
authors.forename: José Gabriel
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Saraiva da Cunha
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017011:Streptococcus suis