Listeria monocytogenes : a rare complication of Ventriculo - peritoneal 1 shunt in children
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Alban LE MONNIER 1,2,3 * , Stéphane BLANOT 4 , Eric ABACHIN 2 , Jean-Luc BERETTI 2 , 4 Patrick BERCHE 1,2 , and Samer KAYAL 1,2 5 6 1 Université Paris Descartes ; 7 2 Département de Microbiologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique8 Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France ; 9 3 Centre National de Référence des Listeria, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre 10 for Foodborne Listeriosis, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ; 11 4 Service de Neurochirurgie pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, Assistance 12 Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. 13 14
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تاریخ انتشار 2011