There is not much doubt about the source of this case.
Xinhua report in full here
Macao confirms first
case of human infection with streptococcus suis this year
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MACAO, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Macao has confirmed one case of human
infection with streptococcus suis, the first such case found in Macao so far
this year...
... a 54-year-old Macao man, who has been
operating a roasted meat shop and often handles pig materials, developed fever
from last Monday (June 25), and was admitted into a local hospital....
...Streptococcus suis is a peanut-shaped, Gram-positive bacterium,
and an important pathogen of pigs. It is also a zoonotic disease, capable of
transmission to humans from pigs...
... Macao recorded one streptococcus
infection in 2011, three in 2010 with one related death.
