Streptococcus suis infection: a series of 41 cases from Chiang Mai University Hospital

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 455-460

  Wangkaew, Suparaporn ^a   Chaiwarith, Romanee ^a   Tharavichitkul, Prasit ^a   Supparatpinyo, Khuanchai ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

S. suis infection in Thailand; Streptococcus suis infection

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPONDYLITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THAILAND; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33744512374     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.012     Document Type: Article

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