Meningitis due to Streptococcus bovis type II

Harefuah

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Ben Ami, Anat ^a,b   Gandelman, Gera ^a,b   Ergaz, David ^a,b   Shtoeger, Zev ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENINGITIS; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

AGED; AMOXICILLIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUKEMIA, HAIRY CELL; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PENICILLINS; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 0033556598     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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