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.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access: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
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Institution: Chiang Mai University
Language: English