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Current concepts in the treatment of pyogenic menigitis

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore City Hospitals, 4940 Eastern Avenue, 21224, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

    Mathuram Santosham M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Robert Ancona M.D. & Dennis L. Headings M.D.

  2. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 4940 Eastern Avenue, 21224, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

    Mathuram Santosham M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Robert Ancona M.D. & Dennis L. Headings M.D.

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Santosham, M., Ancona, R. & Headings, D.L. Current concepts in the treatment of pyogenic menigitis. Indian J Pediatr 47, 457–462 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02759854

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