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Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Molecular Epidemiology of Underreported Emerging Zoonotic Pathogen Streptococcus suis in Europe

Jaime BrizuelaComments to Author , Thomas J. Roodsant, Qureisha Hasnoe, Boas C.L. van der Putten, Jana Kozakova, Hans-Christian Slotved, Mark van der Linden, Ilse G.A. de Beer-Schuurman, Ewa Sadowy, Juan Antonio Sáez-Nieto, Victoria J. Chalker, Kees C.H. van der Ark, and Constance Schultsz
Author affiliations: Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (J. Brizuela, T.J. Roodsant, Q. Hasnoe, B.C.L. van der Putten, I.G.A de Beer-Schuurman, K.C.H. van der Ark, C. Schultsz); National Institute for Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic (J. Kozakova); Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (H.-C. Slotved); University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany (M. van der Linden); National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland (E. Sadowy); Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain (J.A. Sáez-Nieto); UK Health Security Agency, London, UK (V.J. Chalker).

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Table 1

Patient data collected in survey and systematic review for study of molecular epidemiology of underreported emerging zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis, Europe*

Patient data Survey, n = 107 Systematic review, n = 129
Demographic information
Sex
M 73 93
F 16 24
NA 18 12
Age
Median (range), y 52 (0–79) 48 (22–85)
NA
 26
 54
Clinical symptoms
Meningitis 59 59
Sepsis 15 21
Hearing loss 0 22
Endocarditis 2 6
Spondylodiscitis 0 3
Death 0 11
NA
 36
 43
Occupational risk†
Described 19 72
No risk 0 2
NA
 88
 55
*Values are no. patients except as indicated. NA, not available.
†Occupational risk: Any job involving close contact with pigs or pork products, including: farmer, butcher, abattoir worker, meat factory worker, hunter, livestock truck driver, or cook.

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