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Reinfection with Streptococcus suis analysed by whole genome sequencing.


ABSTRACT: A butcher with chronic dermatitis presented with a second episode of Streptococcus suis meningitis, 8 years after the first episode. To distinguish between reinfection and persistent carriage, we compared the two S. suis isolates using whole genome sequencing. We investigated whole genome sequences of the S. suis isolates by means of substitution rates and population structure of closely related strains in addition to available clinical information. Genome-wide analyses revealed an inserted region consisting of 12 genes in the first isolate and the calculated substitution rate between the isolates suggested infections were caused by highly similar, but unrelated strains. Continuous occupational exposure likely resulted in reinfection with S. suis in a butcher.

SUBMITTER: Willemse N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7379552 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reinfection with Streptococcus suis analysed by whole genome sequencing.

Willemse Niels N   van der Ende Arie A   Schultsz Constance C  

Zoonoses and public health 20181010 1


A butcher with chronic dermatitis presented with a second episode of Streptococcus suis meningitis, 8 years after the first episode. To distinguish between reinfection and persistent carriage, we compared the two S. suis isolates using whole genome sequencing. We investigated whole genome sequences of the S. suis isolates by means of substitution rates and population structure of closely related strains in addition to available clinical information. Genome-wide analyses revealed an inserted regi  ...[more]

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