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. 2020 Sep;26(9):2223-2226.
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.200203.

Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis by Direct Triplex Real-Time PCR, Burkina Faso

Mahamoudou Ouattara, Mamadou Tamboura, Dinanibe Kambire, Mahamoudou Sanou, Kalifa Ouattara, Malika Congo, Adama Kaboré, Soufiane Sanou, Elie Kabré, Sable Sharpley, Theresa Tran, Stephanie Schwartz, Soumeya Ouangraoua, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo, Lassana Sangaré, Rasmata Ouedraogo-Traore, Cynthia G Whitney, Bernard Beall

Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis by Direct Triplex Real-Time PCR, Burkina Faso

Mahamoudou Ouattara et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

Meningitis confirmation in Burkina Faso uses PCR for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, or Hemophilus influenzae. We identified 38 cases of meningitis among 590 that were PCR-positive for 3 nonpneumococcal streptococcal pathogens, including 21 cases of Streptococcus suis. Among the country's 13 regions, 10 had S. suis-positive cases.

Keywords: Burkina Faso; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus pyogenes; Streptococcus suis; bacteria; direct real-time PCR; infection; meningitis; meningitis/encephalitis; streptococci; zoonoses; zoonotic diseases.

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