A case of Streptococcus suis infection causing pneumonia with empyema in Korea

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 178-181

  Oh, Yoon Jung ^a   Song, Sung Heon ^a  

^a Cheju Halla General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Empyema; Meningitis; Pneumonia; Sepsis; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; SEPTICEMIA; SOUTH KOREA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 84868280947     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2012.73.3.178     Document Type: Article

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