Streptococcus agalactiae serotype Ib as an agent of meningitis in two adult nonpregnant women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3850-3852

  Martins, E R ^a   Florindo, C ^b   Martins, F ^c   Aldir, I ^c   Borrego, M J ^b   Brum, L ^b   Ramirez, M ^a,d   Melo Cristino, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^c Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MENINGITIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 36349008805     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01358-07     Document Type: Article

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