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Streptococcus suis meningitis requires prolonged treatment with penicillin

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  1. Department of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

    Jean Woo M.A. (Cantab), M.B. (B.Chir. (Cantab) M.R.C.P. (U.K.) & E. K. Li M.D. (F.R.C.P. (C), Dip. Amer. Bd.)

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Woo, J., Li, E.K. Streptococcus suis meningitis requires prolonged treatment with penicillin. Infection 15, 129–130 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01650216

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