| Document ID (ISN) | 61165 |
| CIS number |
93-2072 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Dupas D., Vignon M., Géraut C. |
| Title |
Streptococcus suis meningitis - A severe noncompensated occupational disease |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov. 1992, Vol.34, No.11, p.1102-1105. 28 ref. |
| Abstract |
Meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis type 2, a rare disease first recognised 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 recognised 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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