| [occurrence and diagnostic relevance of virulence-associated factors in streptococcus suis]. | streptococcus suis (sc. suis) can cause very different clinical entities. in contrast to sc. suis-associated pneumonia, the induction of meningitis, septicemia, and polyarthritis by certain sc. suis strains requires the expression of virulence factors that contribute to the invasiveness of the pathogen. in the presented study, we examined the occurrence of known virulence-associated factors in sc. suis isolates from samples sent to the institute of microbiology, school of veterinary medicine han ... | 2003 | 14560446 |