Table 1 Information for the 64 gdh-PCR positive Streptococcus spp. isolates from ruminants collected by the diagnostic service of NIAH-Japan
Source | Clinical history | Isolation site | No. of strains | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Strains that were isolated with other agentsa | S. suisb | S. ruminantiumb | S. parasuisb | |||
Cattle | Meningitis | Brain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Astasia | Cerebrospinal fluid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Astasia and pneumonia | Cerebrospinal fluid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Astasia, respiratory disease and endocarditis | Heart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Endocarditis | Heart | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Arthritis | Pus in the articular cavity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Torticollis and respiratory disease | Abscess in tympanic cavity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Pneumonia or respiratory diseases | Pulmonary abscess | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Lung | 20 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Death | Liver abscess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Pulmonary abscess | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Unclear or unknownc | Oral cavity | 5 | – | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Tonsil | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Lung | 6 | – | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Healthy | Oral cavity | 4 | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Nasal cavity | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Tonsil | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lung | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Sheep | Pneumonia | Pulmonary abscess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Unclear or unknownc | Tonsil | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Goat | Unclear or unknownc | Lung | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Milk feeding robot | – | Papillary area | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 64 | 16 | 9 | 54 | 1 | ||