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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th-cmuir.6653943832-479552018-04-25T08:46:00Z Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report Boonsak Hanterdsith Prasit Tharavichitkul Pongsak Mahanupab Wannisa Raksamat 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. 2018-04-25T08:46:00Z 2018-04-25T08:46:00Z 2013-05-01 Journal 18787487 1752928X 2-s2.0-84876756432 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.09.002 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84876756432&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/47955 |
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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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Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report |
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Postmortem diagnosis of sudden unexpected death from Streptococcus suis type 2 infection: A case report |
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