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One patient worked at a pig farm, whereas the other two consumed raw pork soup at the same restaurant. The patients were diagnosed with septicemia, subdural empyema, and infectious spondylitis. <jats:italic>Streptococcus suis<\/jats:italic> was isolated from their blood. This study was conducted to investigate the clinical features of three patients with <jats:italic>S. suis<\/jats:italic> infection and perform a molecular biological analysis of the strains obtained from them. 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