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Interleukin-8 in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with septic and aseptic meningitis

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  1. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Statens Seruminstitut, Artillerivej 5, DK 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark

    C. Østergaard

  2. Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre Hospital, 2650, Hvidovre, Denmark

    C. Østergaard, T. L. Benfield & J. D. Lundgren

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup Hospital, 2600, Glostrup, Denmark

    F. Sellebjerg

  4. Department of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte Hospital, 2900, Gentofte, Denmark

    G. Kronborg

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of Aarhus, Marselisborg Hospital, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark

    N. Lohse

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Østergaard, C., Benfield, T.L., Sellebjerg, F. et al. Interleukin-8 in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with septic and aseptic meningitis. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15, 166–169 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01591492

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