Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (Lancefield group C) meningitis in a child

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 869-872

  Elsayed, Sameer ^a,b   Hammerberg, O ^b   Massey, V ^b   Hussain, Z ^b  

^a CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group C streptococcus; Meningitis; Streptococcus; Streptococcus equi subsp. equi

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DEXAMETHASONE; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MANNITOL; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; SUBSPECIES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP C';

EID: 0141627448     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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