Streptococcus suis infection as a cause of severe illness: 2 cases from Croatia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 683-684

  Kopic J ^a   Paradizik M T ^a   Pandak, N ^a  

^a DR JOSIP BEN EVI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROATIA; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD HANDLING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOGENESIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; WORKER; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CROATIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

EID: 0036384930     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540210147769     Document Type: Article

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