Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report

Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report

Streptococcus suis causes meningitis, septicemia, arthritis, endocarditis and death in both pigs and humans. Sudden death is rarely documented in the forensic field and almost all cases were diagnosed pre-mortem. Here we report a 49-year-old man who died from S. suis type 2 infection. S. suis was id...

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Main Authors: Hanterdsith B., Tharavichitkul P., Mahanupab P., Raksamat W.
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-39742014-08-30T02:35:32Z Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report Hanterdsith B. Tharavichitkul P. Mahanupab P. Raksamat W. Streptococcus suis causes meningitis, septicemia, arthritis, endocarditis and death in both pigs and humans. Sudden death is rarely documented in the forensic field and almost all cases were diagnosed pre-mortem. Here we report a 49-year-old man who died from S. suis type 2 infection. S. suis was identified as the causative pathogen using bacterial culture, standard biochemical and coagglutination tests, specific DNA amplification by polymerase chain reaction, and histopathologic examination. We discuss the postmortem investigation of a suspected S. suis infection. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved. 2014-08-30T02:35:32Z 2014-08-30T02:35:32Z 2013 Article 1752928X 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.09.002 23622489 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876756432&partnerID=40&md5=dea28393d3925d0327b02a4f1cdca00c http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23622489 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3974 English
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description Streptococcus suis causes meningitis, septicemia, arthritis, endocarditis and death in both pigs and humans. Sudden death is rarely documented in the forensic field and almost all cases were diagnosed pre-mortem. Here we report a 49-year-old man who died from S. suis type 2 infection. S. suis was identified as the causative pathogen using bacterial culture, standard biochemical and coagglutination tests, specific DNA amplification by polymerase chain reaction, and histopathologic examination. We discuss the postmortem investigation of a suspected S. suis infection. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.
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author Hanterdsith B.
Tharavichitkul P.
Mahanupab P.
Raksamat W.
spellingShingle Hanterdsith B.
Tharavichitkul P.
Mahanupab P.
Raksamat W.
Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report
author_facet Hanterdsith B.
Tharavichitkul P.
Mahanupab P.
Raksamat W.
author_sort Hanterdsith B.
title Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report
title_short Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report
title_full Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report
title_fullStr Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report
title_sort postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from streptococcus suis type 2 infection: a case report
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