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 consider...

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Autores principales: Tall, Haoua, Njanpop-Lafourcade, Berthe-Marie, Mounkoro, Didier, Tidjani, Loukoumane, Agbenoko, Kodjo, Alassani, Issifou, Amidou, Moussa, Tamekloe, Stanislas, Laing, Kenneth G., Witney, Adam A., Hinds, Jason, van der Linden, Mark P.G., Gessner, Bradford D., Moïsi, Jennifer C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27314251
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2207.151511
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Sumario: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.

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