| human streptococcus suis outbreak, sichuan, china. | from mid-july to the end of august 2005, a total of 215 cases of human streptococcus suis infections, 66 of which were laboratory confirmed, were reported in sichuan, china. all infections occurred in backyard farmers who were directly exposed to infection during the slaughtering process of pigs that had died of unknown causes or been killed for food because they were ill. sixty-one (28%) of the farmers had streptococcal toxic shock syndrome; 38 (62%) of them died. the other illnesses reported w ... | 2006 | 16707046 |
| [mlst typing of streptococcus suis isolated from clinical patients in guangdong province in 2005]. | objective: intensive surveillance of human s.suis infection was carried out in july and august of 2005 in guangdong province, which coincided with the sichuan outbreak. five isolated cases of human infections were identified during this period, from which 5 s. suis serotype 2 isolates were recovered. mlst analysis showed that these 5 isolates shared identical sequences of 6 mlst housekeeping genes except for one point mutation found within the thra gene fragment, a neutral mutation (tta to ttg) ... | 2008 | 18753081 |
| the role of toll-like receptors in the pathogenesis of streptococcus suis. | streptococcus suis is an important agent of swine and human meningitis. sequence type (st) 7 emerged in china and was responsible for the human epidemic caused by s. suis in 2005. the virulence of s. suis st7 is greater than the wild type pathogenic s. suis, st1; however, the mechanisms for this increased pathogenicity are unknown. the aim of this study was to determine the role of different toll-like receptors (tlrs) involved in regulating the host response to the s. suis infection and to specu ... | 2011 | 22055206 |