Group a streptococcal meningitis: Report of two cases

Journal of Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 116-118

  Moses, A E ^a   Beeri, M ^a   Engelhard, D ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0031601038     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(98)93558-7     Document Type: Article

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