Streptococcus suis meningitis and septicemia contracted from a wild boar in Germany [2]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 869-870

  Rosenkranz, Michael ^a   Elsner, Holger Andreas ^a   Stürenburg, Hans Jörg ^a   Weiller, Cornelius ^a   Röther, Joachim ^a   Sobottka, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0042347770     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1103-3     Document Type: Letter

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