Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Capsule In Vivo

Auger, Jean-Philippe; Meekhanon, Nattakan; Okura, Masatoshi; Osaki, Makoto; Gottschalk, Marcelo; Sekizaki, Tsutomu; Takamatsu, Daisuke

doi:10.3201/eid2210.151640

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Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Capsule In Vivo

Published Date:

Oct 2016

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2210.151640 New Site Icon

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 22(10):1793-1796.

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Auger, Jean-Philippe ; Meekhanon, Nattakan ; Okura, Masatoshi ; Osaki, Makoto ; Gottschalk, Marcelo ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

27648583

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5038428

Description:

Many Streptococcus suis isolates from porcine endocarditis in slaughterhouses have lost their capsule and are considered avirulent. However, we retrieved capsule- and virulence-recovered S. suis after in vivo passages of a nonencapsulated strain in mice, suggesting that nonencapsulated S. suis are still potentially hazardous for persons in the swine industry.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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