STREPTOCOCCUS-SUIS INFECTION COMPLICATED BY PURPURA FULMINANS AND RHABDOMYOLYSIS - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW

Authors
TAMBYAH PA KUMARASINGHE G CHAN HL LEE KO
Citation
Pa. Tambyah et al., STREPTOCOCCUS-SUIS INFECTION COMPLICATED BY PURPURA FULMINANS AND RHABDOMYOLYSIS - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW, Clinical infectious diseases, 24(4), 1997, pp. 710-712
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
24
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
710 - 712
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1997)24:4<710:SICBPF>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Streptococcus suis infection, an important zoonotic occupational disea se in humans, is associated with meningitis, arthritis, and perceptive deafness. We report a case of severe S. suis infection in a previousl y healthy man who developed purpura fulminans and rhabdomyolysis, comp lications not previously reported with this disease.