An Australian case of Streptococcus suis toxic shock syndrome associated with occupational exposure to animal carcasses

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 538-539

  Tramontana, Adrian R ^a   Graham, Maryza ^a   Sinickas, Vincent ^a   Bak, Narin ^b,c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BILIRUBIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CARCASS; CASE REPORT; DENTAL CARIES; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DIZZINESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HAND INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RIGOR; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION; ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; SYNDROME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RNA, BACTERIAL; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SYNDROME; VICTORIA;

EID: 45949093322     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01771.x     Document Type: Article

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