Identification of Streptococcus suis meningitis through population-based surveillance, Togo, 2010-2014
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 22, No. 7, Year 2016
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During 2010-2014, we enrolled 511 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis into surveillance in 2 districts of northern Togo. We identified 15 persons with Streptococcus suis infection; 10 had occupational contact with pigs, and 12 suffered neurologic sequelae. S. suis testing should be considered in rural areas of the African meningitis belt.