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Acute bacterial meningitis in adults: Predictors of outcome

Olga Dzupova From the Third Faculty of MedicineCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hanus Rozsypal First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bulovka University Hospital, Prague
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Bohumir Prochazka National Institute of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Prague, Czech Republic
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Jiri Benes From the Third Faculty of Medicine
Pages 348-354 | Received 13 Nov 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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