Ponte de Matos Francisco Breno, Farias Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha, Negreiro Dias Camila, Pinho Mendes Lorena, Pinheiro de Negreiros Bessa Pedro
Programa de Residência Médica Em Infectologia, Secretária de Saúde Do Estado (SESA), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Hospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas (HSJ), Secretaria de Saúde Do Estado Do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Case Rep Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 24;2021:5512303. doi: 10.1155/2021/5512303. eCollection 2021.
is an emerging zoonotic agent that causes bacterial meningitis. is an encapsulated Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic bacterium. This infection usually manifests in humans as meningitis, endocarditis, septicemia, and/or arthritis. The primary groups at risk for infection are individuals occupationally exposed to pigs and/or pork, for example, farmers, butchers, and hunters. Herein, we report two cases of meningitis related to with occupational exposure from the Ceará state, northeastern Brazil.
是一种引起细菌性脑膜炎的新兴人畜共患病原体。它是一种有荚膜的革兰氏阳性兼性厌氧菌。这种感染在人类中通常表现为脑膜炎、心内膜炎、败血症和/或关节炎。感染的主要风险群体是职业上接触猪和/或猪肉的人,例如农民、屠夫和猎人。在此,我们报告了两例来自巴西东北部塞阿拉州的与职业接触相关的脑膜炎病例。