Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus meningitis-a case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1459-1463

  Eyre, D W ^a   Kenkre, J S ^a   Bowler, I C J W ^a   McBride, S J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PHENYTOIN; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LISTERIOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; WOUND INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZOONOSES;

EID: 78651326752     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1037-5     Document Type: Review

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