Streptococcus suis: Meningitis, spondylodiscitis and bacteraemia with a serotype 14 strain

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 346-349

  Poggenborg, René ^a   Gaïni, Shahin ^a   Kjaeldgaard, Poul ^b   Christensen, Jens Jørgen ^c  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Sønderborg Hospital   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIVAMPICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIG FARMING; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; DISCITIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 41349088183     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701716825     Document Type: Article

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