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Gottschalk, Marcelo G

0000-0002-2196-2212

A5028898733 | I70931966

Mayo Clinic

Université de Montréal

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Streptococcus suis-Related Prosthetic Joint Infection and Streptococcal Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome in a Pig Farmer in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology | April 10, 2014 | Volume: 52 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 2254-2258

10.1128/jcm.02934-13 | PMID 24719433

ABSTRACT Streptococcus suis is an emerging swine-associated zoonotic agent that can cause meningitis and septicemia in humans. We present, to our knowledge, the first case of S. suis arthroplasty infection and streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome due to an nonencapsulated serotype 5 strain in North America.