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Comment
. 2006 May;3(5):e187.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030187. Epub 2006 Apr 11.

Invasive disease and toxic shock due to zoonotic Streptococcus suis: an emerging infection in the East?

Shiranee Sriskandan  1 , Josh D Slater
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Comment

Invasive disease and toxic shock due to zoonotic Streptococcus suis: an emerging infection in the East?

Shiranee Sriskandan et al. PLoS Med. 2006 May.

Abstract

Sriskandan and Slater discuss the implications of Tang and colleagues' report of the largest known zoonotic outbreak of S. suis, which occurred in Sichuan Province, China, in 2005.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Scanning Electron Microscopy of S. suis Diplococci in a Sheet of Mucus on the Surface of the Nasopharyngeal Epithelium from a Pig
(Photo: Josh D. Slater)
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S. suis causes a rapidly progressive and fatal sepsis in infant pigs
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Comment on

  • Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus suis serotype 2.
    Tang J, Wang C, Feng Y, Yang W, Song H, Chen Z, Yu H, Pan X, Zhou X, Wang H, Wu B, Wang H, Zhao H, Lin Y, Yue J, Wu Z, He X, Gao F, Khan AH, Wang J, Zhao GP, Wang Y, Wang X, Chen Z, Gao GF. Tang J, et al. PLoS Med. 2006 May;3(5):e151. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030151. Epub 2006 Apr 11. PLoS Med. 2006. PMID: 16584289 Free PMC article.

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