Practice Guidelines for the Management of Bacterial Meningitis
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- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- practice guideline
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 39 (9), 1267-1284
- https://doi.org/10.1086/425368
Abstract
The objective of these practice guidelines is to provide clinicians with recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis. Patients withKeywords
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