Treatment of bacterial meningitis.

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Published in N Engl J Med on March 06, 1997

Authors

V J Quagliarello1, W M Scheld

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Role of CSF-CRPand Serum Procalcitonin in Differentiation Between Bacterial and Viral Meningitis in Children | NCT03387969

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