Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis through Population-Based Surveillance, Togo, 2010-2014.
During 2010-2014, we enrolled 511 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis into surveillance in 2 districts of northern Togo. We identified 15 persons with Streptococcus suis infection; 10 had occupational contact with pigs, and 12 suffered neurologic sequelae. S. suis testing should be considered in rural areas of the African meningitis belt.
Haoua
H
Tall
Berthe-Marie
BM
Njanpop-Lafourcade
Didier
D
Mounkoro
Loukoumane
L
Tidjani
Kodjo
K
Agbenoko
Issifou
I
Alassani
Moussa
M
Amidou
Stanislas
S
Tamekloe
Kenneth G
KG
Laing
Adam A
AA
Witney
Jason
J
Hinds
Mark P G
MP
van der Linden
Bradford D
BD
Gessner
Jennifer C
JC
Moïsi
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D017011:Streptococcus suis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014037:Togo / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Africa; Streptococcus suis; Togo; bacteria; meningitis; meningitis belt; occupational health; surveillance; zoonoses