Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus meningitis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-375

  Jovanovic M ^a   Stevanovic G ^a   Tosic T ^a   Stosovic B ^a   Zervos, M J ^b,c  

^a Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases   (Serbia)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COW; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

AGED; ANIMALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MILK; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; ZOONOSES;

EID: 40549109527     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47487-0     Document Type: Article

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