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.
Ahead of Print -Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis through Population-Based Surveillance, Togo, 2010–2014 - Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
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