Streptococcus suis meningitis, United States [5]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-185

  Lee, Gregory T ^a,d   Chiu, Charles Y ^a   Haller, Barbara L ^b   Denn, Patricia M ^b   Hall, Christopher S ^a   Gerberding, Julie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; AUDIOLOGY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHORESIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RAW MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SOMNOLENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049044356     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.070930     Document Type: Letter

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