Severe Streptococcus zooepidemicus infection in a gardener [6]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 366-

  Lee, Andie S ^a   Dyer, John R ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 1842779239     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05979.x     Document Type: Letter

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