Streptococcus suis type II (group R) as a cause of endophthalmitis.
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- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 62 (10) , 729-731
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.62.10.729
Abstract
A case is reported of a patient with bilateral endophthalmitis, meningitis, sensorineural deafness, labyrinthitis, and septicaemia due to Streptococcus suis type II (group R). The organism is known to produce epidemic meningitis, septicaemia, and purulent arthritis in piglets, but human infection is rare, and no other case reports of ocular infection are known. The organism was sensitive to penicillin at a minimum inhibitory concentration of 0.03 mg/1.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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