Streptococcus suis Meningitis, Hawaii

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2067-2069

  Fittipaldi, Nahuel ^a   Collis, Tarquin ^b   Prothero, Bryscen ^b   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENINGISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

EID: 73949084167     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090825     Document Type: Letter

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