Table 2 Relationship between disease diagnosis related to a given lesion* and detection by culture (S. suis, G. parasuis, A. suis) related to a given specimen by agent. The numerator represents the number of cases with disease diagnosis for the agent associated to a lesion (Example: S. suis + Meningitis), and the denominator represent the number of cases in which the agent was detected in a given sample type (Example: S. suis + Central Nervous Samples, CNS) but also included a histopathological assessment. These analyses were done for specific lesions and related specimens

Specimens

Arthritis

Bronchopneumonia

Endocarditis

Meningitis

Sepsis

Serositis

CNS

–

–

–

1443/2994 = 48.1%

–

–

Heart valve

–

–

240/333 = 72.0%

–

–

–

Joint

520/837 = 62.1%

–

–

–

–

–

Kidney

–

–

–

–

12/70 = 17.1%

–

Liver

–

–

–

–

48/443 = 10.8%

–

Lung

–

5199/12,891 = 40.3%

–

–

300/12,891 = 2.3%

–

Serosal fibrin

–

–

–

–

–

2374/4190 = 56.6%

Spleen

–

–

–

–

236/2462 = 9.6%

–

Specimens

Arthritis

Bronchopneumonia

Endocarditis

Meningitis

Sepsis

Serositis

CNS

–

–

–

58/140 = 41.4%

3/140 = 2.1%

62/140 = 44.2%

Joint

98/153 = 64.0%

–

–

–

–

–

Kidney

–

–

–

–

1/7 = 14.3%

3/7 = 42.9%

Liver

–

–

–

–

2/28 = 7.1%

16/28 = 57.1%

Lung

–

2211/5228 = 42.3%

–

–

45/5228 = 0.8%

1441/5228 = 27.6%

Serosal fibrin

–

–

–

–

20/936 = 2.1%

818/936 = 87.4%

Spleen

–

–

–

–

23/266 = 8.7%

187/266 = 70.3%

Specimens

Arthritis

Bronchopneumonia

Endocarditis

Meningitis

Sepsis

Serositis

CNS

–

–

–

14/54 = 25.9%

6/54 = 11.1%

5/54 = 9.2%

Heart valve

–

–

4/12 = 33.3%

–

–

–

Joint

52/67 = 77.6%

–

–

–

–

–

Kidney

–

–

–

–

9/16 = 56.2%

–

Liver

–

–

–

–

57/113 = 50.4%

31/113 = 27.4%

Lung

–

1006/1651 = 60.9%

–

–

265/1651 = 16.0%

353/1651 = 21.8%

Serosal fibrin

–

–

–

–

69/526 = 13.2%

290/526 = 55.1%

Spleen

–

–

–

–

141/344 = 40.9%

126/344 = 36.7%