Friday, 8 July 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Streptococcus suis - China: (HK) butcher, raw pork

Strep -- China
On 28 Jun 2016, the Hong Kong Centre for Health Proyection (CHP) recorded a case of _Streptococcus suis_ infection affecting a 55-year-old man with good past health. He presented with headache, cough with sputum, vertigo, tinnitus and hearing loss on 22 Jun [2016] and was admitted to a public hospital on 24 Jun [2016]. His blood and cerebrospinal fluid sample collected grew _Streptococcus suis_. He was treated with antibiotics and his condition was stable.
He worked as a butcher in a wet

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/29HaEK7

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