Staphylococcus aureus meningitis in children: a review of 30 community-acquired cases
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Staphylococcus aureus meningitis in children: a review of 30 community-acquired cases.
In spite of the steady increase in the incidence of Staphylococcus aureus infections, it remains a relatively uncommon cause of meningitis. To our knowledge, no series of community-acquired S. aureus meningitis (CASAM) restricted to children has been published. So far in this retrospective study we report our experience with CASAM in children, hospitalized from 1983 to 1998 at Nossa Senhora da ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000500009