| genetic diversity of streptococcus suis clinical isolates from pigs and humans in italy (2003-2007). | streptococcus suis, a major porcine pathogen, is emerging as a zoonotic agent capable of causing severe invasive disease in humans exposed to pigs or pork products. s. suis infection is rare in industrialised countries and usually arises as sporadic cases, with meningitis the most common clinical presentation in humans. recent reports of two cases of meningitis in sardinia and northeastern italy prompted this first characterisation of italian s. suis isolates. fifty-nine s. suis strains, the two ... | 2009 | 19712640 |