Streptococcus suis, an important pig pathogen and emerging zoonotic agent—an update on the worldwide distribution based on serotyping and sequence typing

G Goyette-Desjardins, JP Auger, J Xu… - Emerging microbes & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Streptococcus suis is an important pathogen causing economic problems in the pig industry.
Moreover, it is a zoonotic agent causing severe infections to people in close contact with …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for Streptococcus suis infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Rayanakorn, BH Goh, LH Lee, TM Khan… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a gram-positive bacterial pathogen in pigs which can cause
serious infections in human including meningitis, and septicaemia resulting in serious …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and outcomes of Streptococcus suis infection in humans

VTL Huong, N Ha, NT Huy, P Horby… - Emerging infectious …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Streptococcus suis, a bacterium that affects pigs, is a neglected pathogen that causes
systemic disease in humans. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to …

[HTML][HTML] Streptococcus suis Meningitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

A van Samkar, MC Brouwer, C Schultsz… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Streptococcus suis is the most common cause of meningitis in pork consuming
and pig rearing countries in South-East Asia. We performed a systematic review of studies …

[HTML][HTML] Sociocultural Factors Influencing Human Streptococcus suis Disease in Southeast Asia

A Kerdsin, M Segura, N Fittipaldi, M Gottschalk - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The public health systems of Southeast Asian countries are financially challenged by a
comparatively higher incidence of human S. suis infections than other geographical areas …

[HTML][HTML] Human Streptococcus suis Infections in Thailand: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Genotypes, and Susceptibility

A Kerdsin - Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2022 - mdpi.com
Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen causing substantial economic losses to the pig
industry, as well as being a human health burden due to infections worldwide, especially in …

Reappraisal of the taxonomy of Streptococcus suis serotypes 20, 22, 26, and 33 based on DNA–DNA homology and sodA and recN phylogenies

T Nishibori, Y Nishitani, R Nomoto, R Osawa - Veterinary microbiology, 2013 - Elsevier
To date, Streptococcus suis was divided into thirty-three serotypes based on its
polysaccharide capsular antigens. Although 16S rRNA sequence similarities of serotypes …

[HTML][HTML] Streptococcus suis–associated meningitis, Bali, Indonesia, 2014–2017

NM Susilawathi, NMA Tarini… - Emerging Infectious …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Streptococcus suis is an emerging agent of zoonotic bacterial meningitis in Asia. We
describe the epidemiology of S. suis cases and clinical signs and microbiological findings in …

[HTML][HTML] Genotypic profile of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 and clinical features of infection in humans, Thailand

A Kerdsin, S Dejsirilert, P Puangpatra… - Emerging infectious …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To examine associations between clinical features of Streptococcus suis serotype 2
infections in humans in Thailand and genotypic profiles of isolates, we conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] Population-Based Study of Streptococcus suis Infection in Humans in Phayao Province in Northern Thailand

D Takeuchi, A Kerdsin, A Pienpringam, P Loetthong… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Streptococcus suis infection in humans has received increasing worldwide
recognition. Methods and Findings A prospective study of S. suis infection in humans was …