Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis: Microbiologic, epidemiologic, and clinical features of an occupational disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 317-325

  Gorby, Gary L ^a   Peacock, James E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DAIRYING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW;

AGED; AGRICULTURE; CASE REPORT; DAIRYING; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0023976031     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/10.2.317     Document Type: Review

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