Author:
MA E.,CHUNG P. H.,SO T.,WONG L.,CHOI K. M.,CHEUNG D. T.,KAM K. M.,CHUANG S. K.,TSANG T.,
Abstract
SUMMARYWe conducted a 31-month retrospective review of all laboratory-confirmedStreptococcus suisinfections admitted to public hospitals in Hong Kong. Strain identification, serotyping and antibiotic susceptibility tests were conducted onS. suisisolates. Twenty-one sporadic cases were identified, comprising 18 (86%) males and 3 (14%) females. About half were patients aged ⩾65 years. More cases occurred during summer. Occupational exposure was documented in five (24%) cases. The estimated annual incidence was 0·09/100 000 in the general population and 32/100 000 in people with occupational exposure to pigs and raw pork. The primary clinical manifestations were meningitis (48%), septicaemia (38%) and endocarditis (14%). The case-fatality rate was 5%. All available isolates from 15 patients were serotype 2, sensitive to penicillin, ampicillin, ceftriaxone, but resistant to tetracycline. Injury prevention and proper handling of pigs or raw pork should be advocated to both at-risk occupational groups and the general population.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Epidemiology
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