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Non-simultaneousBrucella peritonitis and meningitis in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

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  1. Sectión de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Yagüe, Avenida del Cid 96, E-09005, Burgos, Spain

    J. Locutura, J. F. Lorenzo, A. Miján & M. Galdös-Barroso

  2. Sectión de Digestivo, Hospital General Yagüe, Avenida del Cid 96, E-09005, Burgos, Spain

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Locutura, J., Lorenzo, J.F., Miján, A. et al. Non-simultaneousBrucella peritonitis and meningitis in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 17, 361–362 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01709462

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