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Letter to the Editor

Meropenem delirium: a previously unrecognized neurologic side effect

Sigridh Munoz-GomezInfectious Disease Division Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA;State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, USA
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Arthur GranInfectious Disease Division Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA;State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, USA
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Burke A. CunhaInfectious Disease Division Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA;State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 120-121 | Published online: 27 Feb 2014

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