| Document ID (ISN) | 61906 |
| CIS number |
94-716 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1775-8785 - Archives des maladies professionnelles |
| Year |
1993 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Vignon M., Dupas D., Géraut C. |
| Title |
Streptococcus suis meningitis: A severe noncompensated occupational disease |
| Original title |
Méningite à Streptococcus suis: une maladie professionnelle grave non indemnisable [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
1993, Vol.54, No.6, p.487-494. 40 ref. |
| Abstract |
French version of article published in English in the Journal of Occupational Medicine and abstracted under CIS 93-2072. Meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis type 2, a rare disease first recognized in 1968 (108 cases worldwide in 1989), is contracted by occupational exposure to pigs and often results in very severe disabilities (definitive deafness and ataxia in 50% of cases). The case of an employee in a rendering plant whose initial symptom was deafness is reported. A detailed analysis of medical and veterinary literature is provided concerning the epidemiology of the disease, the clinical forms in man, bacteriological diagnosis and the role of the pig as a healthy carrier. It is recommended that this occupational disease be officially recognized for compensation in France. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
swine; streptococcal infections; meningitis; zoonoses |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
compensation of occupational diseases; case study; meat industry; epidemiologic study; medico-legal aspects; France |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Food, beverage and tobacco industries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the nervous system
Animal hazards
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Zoonoses
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