Meningitis caused by streptococcus suis in humans

Reviews of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 131-137

  Arends, J P ^a,b,c   Zanen, H G ^a,b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE;

EID: 0023673334     PISSN: 01620886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/10.1.131     Document Type: Article

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