Streptococcus suis infection: A prospective study in northern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-517

  Fongcom, A ^a   Pruksakorn, S ^b   Netsirisawan, P ^b   Pongprasert, R ^a   Onsibud, P ^c  

^a Amphun Provincial Hospital   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c Lamphun Provincial Public Health Office   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPONDYLITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUBACUTE ENDOCARDITIS; THAILAND;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDOCARDITIS, SUBACUTE BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SPONDYLITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; THAILAND;

EID: 67650115779     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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