Experience with sulphamethoxazole (SMZ)/trimethoprim (TMP) combination in purulent meningitis not responding to conventional microbial therapy
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عنوان ژورنال: Paediatrica Indonesiana
سال: 1981
ISSN: 2338-476X,0030-9311
DOI: 10.14238/pi21.1-2.1981.11-20