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Early lumbar puncture in adult bacterial meningitis—rationale for revised guidelines

Martin GlimåkerFrom the Unit for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, StockholmCorrespondence[email protected]

Bibi JohanssonFrom the Unit for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm

Max BellDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, StockholmCorrespondence[email protected]

Mats EricssonSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala

Jonas BläckbergDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Skåne University Hospital, Lund

Magnus BrinkInstitute of Biomedicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

Lars LindquistFrom the Unit for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm

Jan SjölinSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala

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Pages 657-663 | Received 28 Mar 2013, Accepted 22 Apr 2013, Published online: 01 Jul 2013

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