Streptococcus suis

Epidemiology

• may cause disease or asymptomatic infection in pigs
• sporadic infections in other mammalian species, including humans, after contact with pigs or pork products
• median interval between exposure & symptom onset is 2.2 days, shorter for patients with toxic-shock syndrome

Clinical manifestations

(3 presentations)

• sepsis
• meningitis, with or without
  • disseminated intravascular coagulation
  • coma
• streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome

Laboratory

• Streptococcus suis antigen
• Streptococcus suis serotype
• Streptococcus suis DNA

Complications

• mortality 18%, 62% with toxic-shock syndrome

More general terms

• Streptococcus