| streptococcus suis infection in northern thailand. | a ten-case report of streptococcus suis infection was reported in lamphun, northern thailand from 1999 to 2000. ten patients were admitted to lampoon provincial hospital with a history of high fever, watery diarrhea, severe myalgia and ecchymosis rashes. the disease progressed rapidly and all patients died within 24-48 hours after admission from complications such as disseminated intravascular coagulation (dic), acute renal failure (arf) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ards). epidemiolog ... | 2001 | 11804263 |
| streptococcus suis infection: a prospective study in northern thailand. | a prospective study of all cases of streptococcus suis blood or csf culture positive admitted to lamphun provincial hospital in northern thailand was carried out. fifty-three cases of s. suis were identified, which comprised 70% of all viridans streptococci cases. the majority of cases (88.6%) were contracted orally and 83.0% had an underlying disease present. five clinical syndromes were identified: acute meningitis (37.2%), septicemia (27.9%), toxic shock syndrome (tss) (23.3%), subacute bacte ... | 2009 | 19842437 |