Streptococcus suis meningitis, a rare occupational disease;Bakterielle meningitis durch Streptococcus suis

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 132, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1098-1100

  Braun, Sabine ^a   Jechart, G ^a   Emmerling, U ^a   Ehret, W ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Occupational disease; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RARE DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; ANIMAL; FOOD INDUSTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

EID: 34250303042     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979385     Document Type: Article

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