Volume 12, Number 6, June 2006

Human Streptococcus suis Outbreak, Sichuan, China

Hongjie Yu,* Huaiqi Jing,† Zhihai Chen,‡ Han Zheng,† Xiaoping Zhu,§ Hua Wang,¶ Shiwen Wang,* Lunguang Liu,§ Rongqiang Zu,* Longze Luo,§ Nijuan Xiang,* Honglu Liu,§ Xuecheng Liu,§ Yuelong Shu,* Shui Shan Lee,# Shuk Kwan Chuang,** Yu Wang,* Jianguo Xu,† Weizhong Yang,* and the Streptococcus suis study groups
*Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China; †State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (ICDC), Beijing, China; ‡Beijing Ditan Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China; §Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sichuan, People's Republic of China; ¶Jiangsu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, People's Republic of China; #The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China; **Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Figure 4. Photograph of a Streptococcus suis patient's legs with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, featuring purpura and evidence of gangrenous changes in the calf extending down to the foot.

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