Streptococcus suis meningitis in pig farmers: Report of first two cases in Chile;Meningitis bacteriana aguda por Streptococcus suis en criadores de cerdos: Comunicación de los primeros dos casos en Chile

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 557-561

  Koch, Erica ^a   Fuentes, Gino ^a   Carvajal, Rodrigo ^a   Palma, Ricardo ^a   Aguirre, Verónica ^a   Cruz, Carolina ^b   Henríquez, Ruby ^b   Calvo, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Servicio de Salud Valdivia Hospital Clinico Regional Valdivia   (Chile)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 84887275456     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-10182013000500015     Document Type: Article

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