Zoonotic transmission of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus from a dog to a handler

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-123

  Abbott, Y ^a   Acke, E ^a   Khan, S ^b   Muldoon, E G ^c   Markey, B K ^a   Pinilla, M ^a   Leonard, F C ^a   Steward, K ^d   Waller, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Beacon Hospital   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; ENROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FLUID THERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; ZOONOSES;

EID: 73649126504     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.012930-0     Document Type: Article

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