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Case Reports

Rare Elizabethkingia meningosepticum meningitis case in an immunocompetent adult

Salim S HayekJ. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Thura T AbdJ. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Sushma K CribbsDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Albert M AndersonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Andre MelendezDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Miwako KobayashiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Carmen PolitoDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Yun F (Wayne) WangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA;Clinical Laboratory, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30303, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1-4 | Received 21 Dec 2012, Accepted 26 Feb 2013, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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