Meningitis due to an unusual human pathogen: Streptococcus equi subspecies equi

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-191

  Popescu, Gabriel Adrian ^a   Fuerea, Raluca ^a   Benea, Elisabeta ^a  

^a Matei Bals Infectious Diseases Institute   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Meningitis in the elderly; Streptococcus equi subspecies equi

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HORSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI EQUI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG COMBINATION; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 33644984718     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000198265.82867.a3     Document Type: Article

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