Hearing and vestibular loss in Streptococcus suis infection from swine and traditional raw pork exposure in northern Thailand

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 857-862

  Navacharoen, N ^a   Chantharochavong, V ^a   Hanprasertpong, C ^a   Kangsanarak, J ^a   Lekagul, S ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b Rural Ear Nose and Throat Foundation   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Hearing Loss; Meningitis; Streptococcus Suis; Vestibular Impairment

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENDOCARDITIS; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LABYRINTHITIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RADIOGRAPHY; RAW MEAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; TEMPORAL BONE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THAILAND; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA; THAILAND; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 70450175262     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215109004939     Document Type: Article

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