Human meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis: The first case report from north-eastern Italy

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-114

  Camporese, Alessandro ^a   Tizianel, Gianni ^a   Bruschetta, Graziano ^a   Cruciatti, Barbara ^a   Pomes, Angelo ^a  

^a S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case report; Meningitis; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 37049037728     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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