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Swine infection by Streptococcus suis: a retrospective study

2008; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS; Volume: 60; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0102-09352008000400016

1678-4162

Ana Elisa Del’Arco, Jósé Lúcio dos Santos, Paula Días Bevilacqua, Judith Faría, Walter Vieira Guimarães,

Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

The epidemic aspects of swine infections caused by Streptococcus suis were studied, focusing mainly on the occurrence of several serotypes. A total of 323 samples of S. suis were isolated from clinically ill animals, serotyped according to the co-agglutination procedure, and analyzed. The serotyping revealed that S. suis was present in several Brazilian states. The largest number was isolated from the states of Minas Gerais (62.5%), São Paulo (10.8%), and Paraná (9.3%). Serotype 2 was the most frequent (61.0%), followed by the serotypes 1, 3, 4, 7, and 8. The largest number of isolations was obtained from the brain (60.1%), followed by the lungs (10.4%). About 9.4% of the cases were due to septicemia.