FULMINANT PURPURA DURING STREPTOCOCCUS-SU IS MENINGITIS AND SEPTICEMIA

Streptococcus suis type 2 has been isolated from cerebro spinal fluid and blood cultures of a young man presenting an haemorragic syndrome d uring a meningitis consecutive to occasional wounds while handling inf ected pig, The microbiological diagnosis is done through conventional tests and the Lancefield precipitation test which allows a group R ide ntification, Intravascular coagulation was biologically detected, Alth ought often isolated as a commensal, S. suis may induce meningitis in pigs; human cases are not frequent, rarely begin by petechiae and are mainly observed among occupationaly exposed patients; in fact, S. suis infections are considered an industrial disease in slaughter-house wo rkers, butchers and pig breeders, who often injure their hands while e xposed to infected animals and meat, S. suis meningitis is listed as a n industrial disease since april 1987 in the United Kingdom, Large con fluent haemorragic areas associated with an intravascular coagulation are original caracteristics of this case.