Human case of Streptococcus suis serotype 16 infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-157

  Nghia, Ho Dang Trung ^a   Ngo, Thi Hoa ^a   Le, Dieu Linh ^a   Campbell, James ^a   To, Song Diep ^b   Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh ^b   Mai, Nguyen Thi Hoang ^a   Tran, Tinh Hien ^b   Spratt, Brian ^c   Farrar, Jeremy ^a   Schultsz, Constance ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS 16; VIET NAM; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 38049052435     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.070534     Document Type: Article

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