First case report of Streptococcus suis septicaemia and meningitis from Greece [2]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 487-489

  Mazokopakis, Elias E ^a,b   Kofteridis, D P ^a   Papadakis, J A ^a   Gikas, A H ^a   Samonis, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deafness; Discitis; Meningitis; Streptococcus suis serotype 2

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PERINDOPRIL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAT INDUSTRY; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; GREECE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 20044377438     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2005.00998.x     Document Type: Letter

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