Streptococcus bovis meningitis and hemorrhoids

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2654-2655

  Smith, Adam Hewitt ^a   Sra, Harminder K ^b   Bawa, Sandeep ^c   Stevens, Richard ^d  

^a 45 Commando Royal Marines RM Condor ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; INFUSION FLUID; LAXATIVE; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INTESTINE ULCER; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TACHYCARDIA; COLONOSCOPY; COMPLICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUINUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PASTEURIANUS;

COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 77954446803     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02396-09     Document Type: Article

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