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Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
Research Letter

Subdural Empyema from Streptococcus suis Infection, South Korea

Sejin Choi, Tae-Hwan Park, Hyun-Jeong Lee, Tae Hyoung Kim, Jin-Deok Joo, Jisoon Huh, You Nam Chung, Sang Taek Heo, Eui Tae KimComments to Author , and Jong-Kook RhimComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea (S. Choi, T.-H. Park); Jeju National University College of Medicine, Jeju, South Korea (H.-J. Lee, T.H. Kim, J.D. Joo, J. Huh, Y.N. Chung, S.T. Heo, E.T. Kim, J.-K. Rhim); Jeju National University Graduate School, Jeju (T.H. Kim); Jeju National University Core Research Institute, Jeju (E.T. Kim)

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Detection of Streptococcus suis in a patient with Streptococcus suis infection, Jeju Island, South Korea, performed by using PCR with specific primers for gdh and thrA. Size marker, 1 kb DNA ladder (LugenSci, https://www.lugensci.com). Lane 1, blood culture, DNA from patient’s blood culture; lane 2, subdural empyema, DNA from patient’s subdural pus; lane 3, positive control, DNA from previously isolated S. suis stock; lane 4, negative control, no template PCR condition.

Figure 2. Detection of Streptococcus suis in a patient with Streptococcus suis infection, Jeju Island, South Korea, performed by using PCR with specific primers for gdh and thrA. Size marker, 1 kb DNA ladder (LugenSci, https://www.lugensci.com). Lane 1, blood culture, DNA from patient’s blood culture; lane 2, subdural empyema, DNA from patient’s subdural pus; lane 3, positive control, DNA from previously isolated S. suis stock; lane 4, negative control, no template PCR condition.

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