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Genotypic profile of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 and clinical features of infection in humans, Thailand.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2011
Kerdsin Anusak, Dejsirilert Surang, Puangpatra Parichart, Sripakdee Saowalak, Chumla Koranan, Boonkerd Nitsara, Polwichai Pitimol, Tanimura Susumu, Takeuchi Dan, Nakayama Tatsuya, Nakamura Shota, Akeda Yukihiro, Gottschalk Marcelo, Sawanpanyalert Pathom, Oishi Kazunori
Abstract excerpt
To examine associations between clinical features of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 infections in humans in Thailand and genotypic profiles of isolates, we conducted a retrospective study during 2006-2008. Of 165 patients for whom bacterial cultures of blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or both were positive for S. suis serotype 2, the major multilocus sequence types (STs) found were ST1 (62.4%) and ST104 (25.5%); the...
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