Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in older people.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on October 01, 2006

Authors

Martijn Weisfelt1, Diederik van de Beek, Lodewijk Spanjaard, Johannes B Reitsma, Jan de Gans

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. M.Weisfelt@amc.uva.nl

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