Recurrent meningitis and brain abscess caused by Eikenella corrodens.
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Recurrent meningitis and brain abscess caused by Eikenella corrodens.
A case of recurrent menigitis and brain abscess caused by Eikenella corrodens in a patient with previous otitis media and mastoidectomy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.54.631.343