Streptococcus suis-related prosthetic joint infection and streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome in a pig farmer in the United States

Eric Gomez; Cassie C Kennedy; Marcelo Gottschalk; Scott A Cunningham; Robin Patel; Abinash Virk

doi:10.1128/JCM.02934-13

Streptococcus suis-related prosthetic joint infection and streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome in a pig farmer in the United States

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jun;52(6):2254-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02934-13. Epub 2014 Apr 9.

Authors

Eric Gomez¹, Cassie C Kennedy², Marcelo Gottschalk³, Scott A Cunningham⁴, Robin Patel⁵, Abinash Virk⁶

Affiliations

¹ Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Beckley, West Virginia, USA [email protected].
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
⁴ Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁵ 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.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Animals
Arthritis / complications
Arthritis / diagnosis*
Arthritis / microbiology
Arthritis / pathology
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Hip Joint / diagnostic imaging
Hip Joint / pathology
Humans
Male
Microbiological Techniques
Microscopy
Prosthesis-Related Infections / complications
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / pathology
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Radiography
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Shock, Septic / diagnosis*
Shock, Septic / pathology
Streptococcal Infections / complications
Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
Streptococcal Infections / pathology
Streptococcus suis / isolation & purification*
United States

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S