Streptococcus suis meningitis in the Netherlands

Journal of Infection

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-161

  van de Beek, Diederik ^a   Spanjaard, Lodewijk ^a   de Gans, Jan ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Meningitis; Occupational diseases; Prospective studies; Streptococcus suis; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIG FARMING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TREATMENT DURATION; ZOONOSIS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

EID: 48349091923     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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