Streptococcus suis menengitis following wild boar hunting [2];Méningite à streptococcus suis après une chasse au sanglier

Presse Medicale

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 1077-1078

  Bensaid, Thierry ^a,c   Bonnefoi Kyriacou, Bernadette ^b   Dupel Pottier, Corinne ^b   Bellon, Odile ^a   Lagier, Evelyne ^a   Chardon, Hubert ^a  

^a CH du Pays d'Aix   (France)

^b Hôpital Ste Marguerite   (France)

^c CH du Pays d'Aix   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUNTING; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOACUSIS; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SPORTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0037593706     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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