Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 220, Taiwan.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Sep;74(1):75-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.013. Epub 2012 Jun 16.
From 2000 to 2011, 8 patients with Streptococcus suis infections were identified in Taiwan. Six isolates were initially misidentified as Streptococcus acidominimus using commercial identification systems and later confirmed to be S. suis using 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis. Among the 7 isolates available for further analysis, all belonged to biotype II. Three serotype I isolates possessed the same genotypes, indicating the possible clonal spread of S. suis. All of these patients survived. S. suis infection is underestimated in Taiwan.
从 2000 年至 2011 年，台湾共发现 8 例猪链球菌感染病例。6 株分离株最初使用商业鉴定系统被误鉴定为唾液链球菌（Streptococcus acidominimus），后通过 16S rRNA 基因测序分析确认为猪链球菌。7 株可进一步分析的分离株均属于生物型 II。3 株血清型 I 分离株具有相同的基因型，提示猪链球菌可能存在克隆传播。所有这些患者均存活。猪链球菌感染在台湾被低估。
