Meningitis Caused by<i>Streptococcus suis</i>: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Choi, Sungyoung; Cho, Bang‐Hoon; Choi, Kang‐Ho; Nam, Taewoo; Kim, Joon‐Tae; Park, Man‐Seok; Kim, Byeong C.; Kim, Myeong-Kyu; Cho, Ki-Hyun

doi:10.3988/jcn.2012.8.1.79

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“…In view of this suggestion, Shi et al (80) have considered the development of antibacterial phage as a means to control infections, particularly by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Streptococcus suis, a zoonotic pathogen that causes septic arthritis (a toxic shock-like syndrome) and meningitis in humans and farm animals (81)(82)(83). These investigators used exogenous holin (TC no.…”

Section: Use Of Holins For Therapeutic Purposes In Medicinementioning

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Holins in Bacteria, Eukaryotes, and Archaea: Multifunctional Xenologues with Potential Biotechnological and Biomedical Applications

Saier

Reddy

2015

J Bacteriol

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bHolins form pores in the cytoplasmic membranes of bacteria for the primary purpose of releasing endolysins that hydrolyze the cell wall and induce cell death. Holins are encoded within bacteriophage genomes, where they promote cell lysis for virion release, and within bacterial genomes, where they serve a diversity of potential or established functions. These include (i) release of gene transfer agents, (ii) facilitation of programs of differentiation such as those that allow sporulation and spore germination, (iii) contribution to biofilm formation, (iv) promotion of responses to stress conditions, and (v) release of toxins and other proteins. There are currently 58 recognized families of holins and putative holins with members exhibiting between 1 and 4 transmembrane ␣-helical spanners, but many more families have yet to be discovered. Programmed cell death in animals involves holin-like proteins such as Bax and Bak that may have evolved from bacterial holins. Holin homologues have also been identified in archaea, suggesting that these proteins are ubiquitous throughout the three domains of life. Phage-mediated cell lysis of dualmembrane Gram-negative bacteria also depends on outer membrane-disrupting "spanins" that function independently of, but in conjunction with, holins and endolysins. In this minireview, we provide an overview of their modes of action and the first comprehensive summary of the many currently recognized and postulated functions and uses of these cell lysis systems. It is anticipated that future studies will result in the elucidation of many more such functions and the development of additional applications.

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Section: Use Of Holins For Therapeutic Purposes In Medicinementioning

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Holins in Bacteria, Eukaryotes, and Archaea: Multifunctional Xenologues with Potential Biotechnological and Biomedical Applications

Saier

Reddy

2015

J Bacteriol

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“…In Korea, until recently, S. suis infection had been described only in swine, mainly from slaughter pigs (7) and diseased pigs (8). However, in the last 5 years, an increasing number of serious human cases of S. suis infections, such as meningitis, septic arthritis, bacteremia, septicemia, and pneumonia, has been reported (9)(10)(11)(12). Of the 35 known capsular serotypes of S. suis, serotype 2 is the most virulent and is responsible for severe infections in both swine and humans worldwide (1)(2)(3).…”

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Molecular Basis of Resistance to Selected Antimicrobial Agents in the Emerging Zoonotic Pathogen Streptococcus suis

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“…BC361 and BC158 possessed much higher inhibitory activity against all the indicator bacteria compared with other isolates. Moreover, all seven strains showed antibacterial activities against Salmonella enteritidis and S. suis known as the main pathogens causing most commonly diarrheal and meningitis in animals and man (Sanchez et al 2002;Choi et al 2012). Further research is needed to evaluate the potential probiotic properties of Bacillus spp.…”

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Potential probiotic attributes of a new strain of Bacillus coagulans CGMCC 9951 isolated from healthy piglet feces

Zhao

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World J Microbiol Biotechnol

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A new strain of Bacillus coagulans CGMCC 9551, which has a broad range of antibacterial activities against six main pathogenic bacteria including Escherichia coli O8, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar enteritidis, Streptococcus suis, Listeria monocytogenes and Pasteurella multocida, was isolated from healthy piglet feces. In adhesion assay, the isolate exhibited a stronger adhesion to pig intestinal mucus than that of B. subtilis JT143 and L. acidophilus LY24 respectively isolated from BioPlus(®)2B and FloraFIT(®) Probiotics (P < 0.05). The adhesion activity reached 44.5 ± 3.2, 48.9 ± 2.6, 42.6 ± 3.3 and 37.6 ± 2.4% to jejunum, ileum, transverse colon and sigmoid colon, separately. The survival rate of B. coagulans CGMCC 9551 was reduced by only 20% at 4 h exposure under 0.9% w/v bile salt. The strain was fully resistant to pH 2 for 2 h with 90.1 ± 3.5% survival and susceptible to 15 antibiotics commonly used in veterinary medicine. Additionally, the bacteria showed amylase, protease and cellulase activities. The safety assessment demonstrated the lack of toxicity potential in B. coagulans CGMCC 9551 by ligated rabbit ileal loop assay, acute and subchronic toxicity test. These results implied that that the new strain of B. coagulans CGMCC 9951 isolated from healthy piglet feces has promising probiotic characteristics and offers desirable opportunities for its successful commercialization as one excellent candidate probiotic.

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Meningitis Caused byStreptococcus suis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cited by 31 publications

References 6 publications

Holins in Bacteria, Eukaryotes, and Archaea: Multifunctional Xenologues with Potential Biotechnological and Biomedical Applications

Holins in Bacteria, Eukaryotes, and Archaea: Multifunctional Xenologues with Potential Biotechnological and Biomedical Applications

Molecular Basis of Resistance to Selected Antimicrobial Agents in the Emerging Zoonotic Pathogen Streptococcus suis

Potential probiotic attributes of a new strain of Bacillus coagulans CGMCC 9951 isolated from healthy piglet feces

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