Group R Streptococci: Wild Boars as a Second Reservoir
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 17 (1) , 121-122
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365548509070431
Abstract
Group R streptococci have caused many cases of septicaemia and meningitis in patients handling live or slaughtered pigs which were the only known reservoir of group R streptococci. A human case, due to a wild boar, is reported here and it is therefore concluded that there exist both a domestic (pig) and a wild (wild boar) reservoir of group R streptococci.Keywords
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