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 …

Virulence Factors Involved in the Pathogenesis of the Infection Caused by the Swine Pathogen and Zoonotic Agent Streptococcus Suis

N Fittipaldi, M Segura, D Grenier… - Future microbiology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Streptococcus suis is a major swine pathogen responsible for important economic losses to
the swine industry worldwide. It is also an emerging zoonotic agent of meningitis and …

Update on Streptococcus suis Research and Prevention in the Era of Antimicrobial Restriction: 4th International Workshop on S. suis

M Segura, V Aragon, SL Brockmeier, C Gebhart… - 2020 - mdpi.com
Streptococcus suis is a swine pathogen and a zoonotic agent afflicting people in close
contact with infected pigs or pork meat. Sporadic cases of human infections have been …

[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 …

Streptococcus suis infection: An emerging/reemerging challenge of bacterial infectious diseases?

Y Feng, H Zhang, Z Wu, S Wang, M Cao, D Hu… - Virulence, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a family of pathogenic gram-positive bacterial strains that
represents a primary health problem in the swine industry worldwide. S. suis is also an …

Initial steps of the pathogenesis of the infection caused by Streptococcus suis: fighting against nonspecific defenses

M Segura, C Calzas, D Grenier, M Gottschalk - FEBS letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between a bacterial pathogen and its potentially susceptible host are initiated
with the colonization step. During respiratory/oral infection, the pathogens must compete …

Genomic signatures of human and animal disease in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis

LA Weinert, RR Chaudhuri, J Wang, SE Peters… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Streptococcus suis causes disease in pigs worldwide and is increasingly implicated in
zoonotic disease in East and South-East Asia. To understand the genetic basis of disease in …

Streptococcus suis – The “Two Faces” of a Pathobiont in the Porcine Respiratory Tract

D Vötsch, M Willenborg, YB Weldearegay… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Streptococcus (S.) suis is a frequent early colonizer of the upper respiratory tract of pigs. In
fact, it is difficult to find S. suis-free animals under natural conditions, showing the successful …

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 …

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 …