Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Bacteremia, Finland, 1995-2004

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 843-846

  Rantala, Sari ^a   Vähäkuopus, Susanna ^b   Vuopio Varkila, Jaana ^b   Vuento, Risto ^a   Syrjänen, Jaana ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77951169266     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1605.080803     Document Type: Article

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