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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 346-349Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701716825
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Meningitis and spondylodiscitis caused by Streptococcus suis is a rare disease which is contracted by occupational exposure to pigs. We report a 54-y-old pig-farm worker with S. suis meningitis and septicaemia complicated with thoracal and lumbar spine spondylodiscitis. The S. suis strain involved in this case report was identified as serotype 14, which has only been described in 2 previous cases. It is important to report infection with S. suis as a work accident for compensation if the patient has been occupationally exposed to pigs.
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