Two cases of Streptococcus suis endocarditis in Australian piggery workers

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 413-

  Kennedy, Karina J ^a   Jadeer, Assad A ^a   Ong, Chong W ^a   Senanayake, Sanjaya N ^a   Collignon, Peter J ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANOREXIA; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NIGHT SWEAT; PIG FARMING; SPLENOMEGALY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWEATING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 55449101402     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02100.x     Document Type: Letter

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