Epidemiology of post-neonatal bacterial meningitis in Cape Town children.

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Published in S Afr Med J on January 01, 1997

Authors

G Hussey1, H Schaaf, D Hanslo, J Hitchcock, G Coetzee, J Pitout, H Malan, P Donald

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town.

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