Endocarditis and Meningitis Caused by Streptococcus suis after Cardiac Surgery in a Sheep

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 43-46

  Wilson, Ronald P ^a   Griffith, James W ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 0034232615     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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