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September 30, 2008

Surveillance
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Elderly woman ill with streptococcus infection
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Centre for Health Protection

The Centre for Health Protection today confirmed a Streptococcus suis infection involving an 81-year-old Kowloon City woman.

 

She was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital with a cough and fever September 27. She is now stable.

 

This is the fifth reported streptococcus infection this year. There were six last year.



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