| Literature DB >> 20421434 |
Adam Hewitt Smith1, Harminder K Sra, Sandeep Bawa, Richard Stevens.
Abstract
We report a case of Streptococcus bovis (Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus) meningitis, a rare cause of central nervous system (CNS) infection in an adult, and comment on the importance of investigation of the lower gastrointestinal tract to identify a portal of entry in cases of systemic Streptococcus bovis infection.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20421434 PMCID: PMC2897510 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02396-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948