An Adolescent Boy Presenting with Complicated Meningococcal Meningitis Serogroup A: What Is the State of Community Awareness for This Serious Disease?
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1. Pediatric Infectious Disease Department, Ankara Hematology Oncology Children's Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 2. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 3. Laboratory of Microbiology, Ankara Hematology Oncology Children's Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 4. National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Public Health Institution of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey
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