Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis through Population-Based Surveillance, Togo, 2010–2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Tall, Haoua ; Njanpop-Lafourcade, Berthe-Marie ; Mounkoro, Didier ; Tidjani, Loukoumane ; Agbenoko, Kodjo ; Alassani, Issifou ; Amidou, Moussa ; Tamekloe, Stanislas ; Laing, Kenneth G. ; Witney, Adam A. ; Hinds, Jason ; van der Linden, Mark P.G. ; Gessner, Bradford D. ; Moïsi, Jennifer C.
• Description:
  During 2010-2014, we enrolled 511 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis into surveillance in 2 districts of northern Togo. We identified 15 persons with Streptococcus suis infection; 10 had occupational contact with pigs, and 12 suffered neurologic sequelae. S. suis testing should be considered in rural areas of the African meningitis belt.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents Child Child, Preschool Dispatch Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Female Humans Male Meningitis, Bacterial Middle Aged Population Surveillance Streptococcus Suis Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(7):1262-1264.
• Pubmed ID:
  27314251
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4918179
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Togo
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:53a97be93a06dc57d49ddeb2079267635fac691575cf092d9ad77f96ae5b257c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40173/cdc_40173_DS1.pdf
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