Non-group D streptococcal meningitis misidentified as enterococcal meningitis. Diagnostic and therapeutic implications of misdiagnosis by screening microbiology.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on November 01, 1978

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A S Bayer, T T Yoshikawa, F Nolan, S Shibata, L B Guze

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