Streptococcus suis: an emerging zoonotic pathogen

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-209

  Lun, Zhao Rong ^a   Wang, Qiao Ping ^a   Chen, Xiao Guang ^b   Li, An Xing ^a   Zhu, Xing Quan ^c  

^a School of Life Sciences   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FULMINATING PURPURA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MENINGITIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33847021352     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70001-4     Document Type: Review

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