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ArticleASM case reports2026

Meningitis in a French pig farmer caused by a serotype 2

M'hensa Vincent De Paul Bakpatina-Batako, Hubert Gantelet, Eric Lewandowski, Rodolphe Buzelé, Alain Delépine, Evelyne Gaillard, Sonia Lacouture, Kevin Li, Marcelo Gottschalk, Nahuel Fittipaldi

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Article in ASM case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

M'hensa Vincent De Paul Bakpatina-BatakoGroupe de recherche sur les maladies infectieuses en production animale, and Centre de recherche en infectiologie porcine et avicole, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6835-2705
Hubert GanteletCeva Biovac, Beaucouzé, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9983-2131
Eric LewandowskiCeva Biovac, Beaucouzé, France.
Rodolphe BuzeléCentre Hospitalier Saint-Brieuc Paimpol Tréguier, Saint-Brieuc, France.
Alain DelépineCentre Hospitalier Saint-Brieuc Paimpol Tréguier, Saint-Brieuc, France.
Evelyne GaillardSelarl Vetarmor, Ploëzal, France.
Sonia LacoutureGroupe de recherche sur les maladies infectieuses en production animale, and Centre de recherche en infectiologie porcine et avicole, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1002-0342
Kevin LiGroupe de recherche sur les maladies infectieuses en production animale, and Centre de recherche en infectiologie porcine et avicole, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.
Marcelo GottschalkGroupe de recherche sur les maladies infectieuses en production animale, and Centre de recherche en infectiologie porcine et avicole, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2196-2212
Nahuel FittipaldiGroupe de recherche sur les maladies infectieuses en production animale, and Centre de recherche en infectiologie porcine et avicole, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9553-3798

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Human Case Summary: A 55-year-old male pig farmer from Brittany, France, presented with acute confusion, fever, and nuchal rigidity consistent with meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluid cultures were negative, but blood cultures grew Conclusion: This case serves as a reminder that

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emerging pathogenFrancemeningitisoccupational exposurephylogeneticspig farmersequence type 25 (ST25)Streptococcus suisswinezoonosis

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PMID42416837
PMCPMC13340046

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