Meningitis due to Streptococcus suis in Two Patients with Occupational Exposure from Northeastern Brazil

Case Rep Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 24:2021:5512303. doi: 10.1155/2021/5512303. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

Streptococcus suis is an emerging zoonotic agent that causes bacterial meningitis. S. suis is an encapsulated Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic bacterium. This infection usually manifests in humans as meningitis, endocarditis, septicemia, and/or arthritis. The primary groups at risk for S. suis infection are individuals occupationally exposed to pigs and/or pork, for example, farmers, butchers, and hunters. Herein, we report two cases of meningitis related to S. suis with occupational exposure from the Ceará state, northeastern Brazil.

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