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Cervical spinal epidural abscess and meningitis due to Prevotella oris and Peptostreptococcus micros after retropharyngeal surgery

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Jean Bernard, BP 377, 86021, Poitiers Cedex, France

    Jean-Pierre Frat, Cendrine Godet & René Robert

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Jean Bernard, BP 377, 86021, Poitiers Cedex, France

    Jean-Luc Blanc

  3. Laboratory of Microbiology A, Hôpital Jean Bernard, BP 377, 86021, Poitiers Cedex, France

    Ghislaine Grollier

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Frat, JP., Godet, C., Grollier, G. et al. Cervical spinal epidural abscess and meningitis due to Prevotella oris and Peptostreptococcus micros after retropharyngeal surgery. Intensive Care Med 30, 1695 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2265-x

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