Stimulating the development of national Streptococcus suis guidelines in Viet Nam through a strategic research partnership

• Główni autorzy: Peter Horby (Autor), Heiman Wertheim (Autor), Nguyen Hong Ha (Autor), Nguyen Vu Trung (Autor), Dao Tuyet Trinh (Autor), Walter Taylor (Autor), Nguyen Minh Ha (Autor), Trinh Thi Minh Lien (Autor), Jeremy Farrar (Autor), Nguyen Van Kinh (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: The World Health Organization.
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PROBLEM: Streptococcus suis is a common cause of adult bacterial meningitis in Viet Nam, and possibly other parts of Asia, yet this disabling infection has been largely neglected. Prevention, diagnosis and treatment are relatively straightforward and affordable but, in early 2007, no national diagno...