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Cefotaxime versus Chloramphenicol for Ampicillin-Resistant Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis

A Retrospective Study of 62 Cases

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Lapointe, JR., Chicoine, L. Cefotaxime versus Chloramphenicol for Ampicillin-Resistant Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis. Drugs 35 (Suppl 2), 199–202 (1988). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-198800352-00043

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