| bacterial meningitis in hong kong: 10-years' experience. | we studied the etiology, clinical features and outcome of patients with bacterial meningitis from an urban chinese city over a 10-years period. | 2004 | 16023529 |
| streptococcus suis, streptococcus mitis, what is the problem? | | 2005 | 16219949 |
| streptococcus suis in hong kong. | streptococcus suis was isolated from 6.1% of raw pork meat from 3 of the 6 wet markets in 6 districts in hong kong. s. suis was particularly isolated in sites from the tongue, tonsil, bone, and tail, but not from lean meat/minced pork or internal organs. isolates were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction using s. suis-specific primers, did not belong to serotype 2 using serotype 2-specific antiserum, and were clustered closely with other known serotypes by phylogenetic analysis. ten strains fr ... | 2007 | 16860513 |
| resistance to tetracycline, erythromycin and clindamycin in streptococcus suis serotype 2 in hong kong. | | 2009 | 19380213 |
| streptococcus suis infection in hong kong. | twenty-five patients were admitted to two hospitals in hong kong for streptococcus suis infection between 1984 and 1993. among them, 15 (60%) had an occupational exposure to pigs or pork, and four had a clear history of skin injury up to 16 days before admission. examination of the cerebrospinal fluid of 21 patients confirmed the presence of meningitis in every case; the remaining four patients who did not have lumbar punctures had each presented with arthritis, bronchopneumonia, endocarditis an ... | 1995 | 7894987 |
| streptococcus suis meningitis. an important underdiagnosed disease in hong kong. | streptococcus suis has been identified as the most common cause of meningitis in adults in hong kong. the disease is characterized by occupational exposure to pigs or pork. it occurs in summer, and is associated with early, severe, sensory deafness, arthritis, uveitis, and loss of balance. examination of the cerebrospinal fluid may show an elevated white cell count with a predominance of either polymorphs or lymphocytes. misinterpretation of the microbiological findings by inexperienced staff me ... | 1983 | 6835158 |
| streptococcus suis infection in hong kong: an emerging infectious disease? | we conducted a 31-month retrospective review of all laboratory-confirmed streptococcus suis infections admitted to public hospitals in hong kong. strain identification, serotyping and antibiotic susceptibility tests were conducted on s. suis isolates. twenty-one sporadic cases were identified, comprising 18 (86%) males and 3 (14%) females. about half were patients aged 65 years. more cases occurred during summer. occupational exposure was documented in five (24%) cases. the estimated annual inci ... | 2008 | 18252026 |