OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were (1) to assess the clinical manifestations,
treatment, and outcome of Streptococcus suis infection in adult patients in northern
Thailand,(2) to evaluate the anti-microbial sensitivity pattern and (3) to determine the
predicting factors of high mortality rate. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted at
Chiang Mai University Hospital from May 2000 to December 2002. Anti-microbial
susceptibility test was performed by agar disk diffusion and the minimal inhibitory …