Practice guidelines for the management of bacterial meningitis.
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Allan R. Tunkel, Barry J. Hartman, Sheldon L. Kaplan, Bruce A. Kaufman, Karen L. Roos, W. Michael Scheld, and Richard J. Whitley Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville; and University of Alabama at Birmingham
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 39 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004