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Early ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

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    Emilio Pintor, Maria Jose Gutierrez, Pedro Gargantilla & Benjamín Herreros

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Pintor, E., Gutierrez, M.J., Gargantilla, P. et al. Early ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection. Infection 44, 693–694 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-016-0897-8

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