Streptococcal Meningitis, Followed by Recovery
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Case of Hæmolytic Streptococcal Meningitis with Recovery
STREI'TOCOCCAL Inening iti. Is almost in ariably a rapli(lly fatal dlisease. 'his case, in xliich the patienit m-1,ade a satisfactorx recoverx-, is tlhercfore of initerest. 'Ilhe patielt, a. male, ag-cd 'ie xlitc earCl-s, xxwas admitted to ti' i-ne(lical wards of tle Rxoyal Victoria Hospital on 1StiiNo\-x ember, 1-:)'. His mzailn svmptom.s were (1) Almost coinstanit severe Ifronttal hea(dache o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1937
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591573703000445