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Streptococcus suis causes septic arthritis and bacteremia: phenotypic characterization and molecular confirmation.
The Korean journal of laboratory medicine - 1 Apr 2011
Kim Hanah, Lee Sang Hoon, Moon Hee-Won, Kim Ji Young, Lee Sun Hwa, Hur Mina, Yun Yeo-Min
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus suis is a swine pathogen that causes meningitis, septicemia, pneumonia, and endocarditis. The first case of human S. suis infection was reported in Denmark in 1968, and since then, this infection with has been reported in many countries, especially in Southeast Asia because of the high density of pigs in this region. We report the case of a patient with septic arthritis and bacteremia caused by S....
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