Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis through Population-Based Surveillance, Togo, 2010–2014

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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Main Authors: Haoua Tall, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Didier Mounkoro, Loukoumane Tidjani, Kodjo Agbenoko, Issifou Alassani, Moussa Amidou, Stanislas Tamekloe, Kenneth G. Laing, Adam A. Witney, Jason Hinds, Mark P.G. van der Linden, Bradford D. Gessner, Jennifer C. Moïsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
meningitis
zoonoses
Streptococcus suis
occupational health
Africa
Togo
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/7/15-1511_article

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