Atypical streptococcus suis in man, Argentina, 2013

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 500-502

  Callejo, Raquel ^a   Prieto, Monica ^a   Salamone, Francisco ^b   Auger, Jean Philippe ^c   Goyette Desjardins, Guillaume ^c   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARGENTINA; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894272590     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2003.131148     Document Type: Letter

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