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Neonatal purpura due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C infection

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Acknowledgements

We thank G. Top and K. De Schrijver, Ministry of Public Health of the Flanders, for the epidemiological data and F. Carion and G. Ducoffre, Belgian Scientific Institute of Public Health, for serotyping the N. meningitidis strains.

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  1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium

    Nienke Katier, Marijke Traen, Jozef De Dooy, Leentje Geyskens & Ludo Mahieu

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Katier, N., Traen, M., Dooy, J.D. et al. Neonatal purpura due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C infection. Eur J Pediatr 162, 283–284 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1163-5

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